| Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry | |
| Native Name: | Kamar Dagang dan Industri Indonesia |
| Abbreviation: | KADIN Indonesia |
| Type: | Non-governmental trade association |
| Headquarters: | Menara Kadin, Jalan HR. Rasuna Said X-5 Kav 2–3, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Coordinates: | -6.2324°N 106.8317°W |
| Key People: | Arsjad Rasjid (Chairman) |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
| Services: | Business promotion, networking, policy reforms |
| Focus: | Policy advocacy |
The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Indonesian: Kamar Dagang dan Industri Indonesia) or KADIN is an association of business organisations in Indonesia. Members of this organisation consist of entrepreneurs or a combination of national businesses from various sectors, both private-owned enterprises, cooperatives and government-owned enterprises. Kadin is headquartered in Jakarta, but it functions in coordinating, consultation and cooperation of chambers of commerce throughout Indonesia.
The organisation was founded on 24 September 1968 and regulated in Act No. 1 of 1987. The aim is to develop Indonesian entrepreneurs based on a noble, clean, transparent, and professional soul, as well as productive and innovative which must foster and develop balanced and synergistic, harmonious cooperation, both at sectoral and cross-sectoral, inter-scale, regional, national and international level, in the context of creating a healthy and dynamic business climate to encourage equal distribution of business opportunities to the maximum extent of the Indonesian business world in participating in carrying out national and regional economic development.[1]
The formation KADIN was on 24 September 1968 by the Level I Regional KADIN or Level I KADINDA (the term for the Provincial KADIN at that time) that existed throughout Indonesia on the initiative of the DKI Jakarta KADIN, and was recognised by the government with Presidential Decree No. 49 in 1973. It was re-established in accordance with the provisions of Law Number 1 of 1987 concerning the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Indonesian Employers' Conference on 12 August 1994 in Jakarta organised by Indonesian Businessmen incorporated in the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in cooperation with the Indonesian Cooperative Council (Dekopin) and representatives are established for an unspecified period of time.
Law Number 1 of 1987 concerning the Chamber of Commerce and Industry stipulates that all Indonesian entrepreneurs in the field of state business, cooperative businesses and private businesses jointly form the organisation of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry as a forum and vehicle for guidance, communication, information, representation, consultation, the facilitation and advocacy of Indonesian entrepreneurs, in the context of realising a strong and highly competitive business world that is based on the real superiority of national resources, which integrates equally between the inter-national economic potential links, namely between sectors, between business scales, and between -area, in the dimensions of orderly law, business ethics, humanity, and environmental sustainability in a market economy in the global economic arena based on regional power, business sector, and foreign relations.
Kadin is a non-government organization. It acts as a forum for communication and consultation between Indonesian entrepreneurs and between Indonesian entrepreneurs and the government, on matters relating to trade, industry and service issues. The functions of the organization includes as follows,
In addition to carrying out the aforementioned activities, in the context of fostering Indonesian businessmen and creating a healthy and orderly business climate, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry can develop:^Services both in the form of granting certificates, mediation, arbitration, and recommendations regarding Indonesian entrepreneurs, including the Legalization of documents required for the smooth running of their business.
The tenure of Chairman of KADIN is five years. Before 1993, the tenure of chairman was three years. Here are the names that were once the Chairperson:[3]
| No | Name | Start date | End date | Info | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Usman Ismail | 1968 | 1972 | ||
| 2 | Sofyar | 1972 | 1973 | ||
| 3 | Soewoto Sukendar | 1973 | 1976 | ||
| 1976 | 1979 | ||||
| 4 | Hasyim Ning | 1979 | 1982 | ||
| 5 | 1982 | 1985 | |||
| 1985 | 1988 | ||||
| 6 | Sotion Arjanggi | 1988 | 1993 | ||
| 7 | 1993 | 1998 | |||
| 1998 | 2003 | ||||
| 8 | Mohamad Suleman Hidayat | 2003 | 2008 | ||
| 2008 | 2010 | [4] | |||
| Adi Putra Darmawan Tahir | 2010 | 2010 | |||
| 9 | Suryo Bambang Sulisto | 2010 | 2015 | [5] | |
| 10 | Rosan Perkasa Roeslani | 2015 | 2021 | [6] | |
| 11 | Arsjad Rasjid | 2021 | 2026 | [7] |