Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Indonesia explained

Agency Name:Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Indonesia
Nativename:Indonesian: Kantor Staf Presiden Republik Indonesia
Type:Agency
Preceding1:Unit of Presidential Staff
(Unit Staf Kepresidenan)
Jurisdiction:Government of Indonesia
Headquarters:Gedung Bina Graha, Jalan Veteran No. 16, Central Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
Chief1 Name:Gen. (Ret) Moeldoko
Chief1 Position:Chief of Presidential Staff

The Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Kantor Staf Presiden Republik Indonesia,) is a non-structural government agency directly under the auspices of the President of Indonesia. The office reports to the President and is headed by a Chief of Staff. Previously, the office was named Unit of Presidential Staff (Unit Staf Kepresidenan) based on the Presidential Decree No.29/ 2014.[1] The current name has been used based on the Presidential Decree No.26/2015 dated 23 February 2015 due to the expansion of the task and function assigned to the office.[2]

Tasks and functions

The Republic of Indonesia's Presidential Executive Office has the primary task to support and assist the President and Vice President of Indonesia in controlling, managing, and ensuring the realization of national priority programs as well as political and strategic affairs management.[3] In order to perform such tasks, the President's executive office are assigned the following functions:

  1. To manage national priority programs, to ensure the programs are aligned with the President's vision and mission;
  2. To provide support in acceleration of national priority programs and strategic issues;
  3. To monitor and evaluate the execution of national priority programs and strategic issues;
  4. To handle comprehensive dispute resolutions on any national priority programs which encounter any obstacle/problem/dispute;
  5. To manage strategic issues;
  6. To manage communication strategy of the President and Vice President;
  7. To manage political communication strategy and disseminate information;
  8. To provide data and information analysis for strategic decision making;
  9. To execute administrative duty of the Executive Office of the President;
  10. To execute other functions as assigned by the President.

Organization structure

The Executive Office of the President consists of:[4]

Executives

  1. Chief of Staff for the President, who heads the executive office and directly responsible to the president; and
  2. Vice Chief of Staff for the President, who assists the Chief of Staff in executing the duties of the executive office.

Deputies

  1. Deputy Chief of Staff for Infrastructure, Energy, and Investment ;
  2. Deputy Chief of Staff for Human Development ;
  3. Deputy Chief of Staff for Economic Affairs ;
  4. Deputy Chief of Staff for Information and Political Communication, however this deputy later taken out to be a separate office on its right, Presidential Communication Office on 19 August 2024;[5]
  5. Deputy Chief of Staff for Politics, Law, Defense, Security, and Human Rights .

Advisors

  1. Special Advisor for Infrastructure, Energy, and Investment ;
  2. Special Advisor for Human Development ;
  3. Special Advisor for Economic Affairs ;
  4. Special Advisor for Information and Political Communication ;
  5. Special Advisor for Politics, Law, Defense, Security and Human Rights .

Staffs / advisors

The Professional Staffs / Advisors work directly under the coordination of the deputies. The Staffs / Advisors consist of:

Secretariat

The Secretariat of The Executive Office of The President is headed by The Head of Secretariat who is a career civil servant. Even though the secretariat works under the Chief of Staff to the President to run the administrative aspect of the Office, the secretariat consists of civil servants coordinated and administered by the Ministry of State Secretariat.

List of chief of staff for the president

ChiefTook officeLeft officeCabinet
1Luhut Binsar PandjaitanWorking Cabinet
2Teten MasdukiWorking Cabinet
3MoeldokoOnward Indonesia Cabinet

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Inilah Perpres No. 190/2014 Tentang Unit Staf Kepresidenan. Cabinet Secretary. 2 January 2015. 1 October 2021.
  2. Web site: Kendalikan Program Prioritas Nasional, Unit Staf Kepresidenan Diubah Jadi Kantor Staf Presiden. Cabinet Secretary. 1 March 2015. 1 October 2021.
  3. Presidential Decree . 83 . 2019 . . Peraturan Presiden Nomor 83 Tahun 2019 tentang Kantor Staf Presiden . id.
  4. Web site: Tentang Kantor Staf Presiden. 1 October 2021. ksp.go.id.
  5. Web site: Mawardi . Isal . Hasan Nasbi Ungkap Jubir Presiden Bisa Sampai 5-6 Orang: Tergantung Kebutuhan . 2024-08-20 . detiknews . id-ID.