# Ministry of Manpower (Indonesia)

The Ministry of Manpower (Indonesian: Kementerian Ketenagakerjaan) of the Republic of Indonesia is a government ministry responsible for the workers and labour laws of Indonesia. The minister is currently Yassierli since 21 October 2024.

## History

The Ministry of Manpower was founded in 1947, two years after independence, after sections of the Ministry of Social Affairs were separated in accordance with Government Regulation 3 signed on July 27 that year to form the ministry, which is responsible for the implementation of state policies on the labor sector. The first minister was S. K. Trimurti, who reported to Prime Minister Amir Sjarifuddin, who was faced with the huge job of preparing national policies and programs to help the labor force cope with the then ongoing National Revolution.

## Organization

Based on Presidential Decree No. 164/2024, and as expanded by Ministry of Manpower Decrees Nos. 1/2021, 1/2022, 14/2023, and 1/2024, the Ministry of Manpower consisted of:
* Office of the Deputy Minister
* Secretariat General for Manpower
* Directorate General of Vocational Training Fostering and Productivity Development (Directorate General I)
** Directorate General of Vocational Training Fostering and Productivity Development Secretariat
** Directorate of Vocational Training Institutions Fostering
** Directorate of Training Instructors and Personnel Fostering
** Directorate of Productivity Development
** Directorate of Competency Standardization Fostering and Training Programs
** Directorate of Vocational Training and Internship
** Secretariate of the National Agency for Professional Certification
** Institutes for Vocational Training and Productivity (Medan, Serang, Bekasi, Bandung, Semarang, Makassar)
** Class I Centers for Vocational Training and Productivity (Banda Aceh, Padang, Surakarta, Samarinda, Kendari, Ternate, Ambon, and Sorong)
** Class II Centers for Vocational Training and Productivity (West Bandung, East Lombok, Bantaeng, Sidoarjo, Banyuwangi, Pangkajene, and Belitung)
** Vocational Training and Productivity Servicing Units (Sawahlunto, Sofifi, Pekanbaru, Lubuk Linggau, Lampung, Bengkulu, Mamuju, Majene, Palu, Bantul, Kupang, Jayapura, and Jambi)
* Directorate General of Development of Workforce Placement and Expansion of Job Opportunities
** Directorate General of Vocational Training Fostering and Productivity Development Secretariat
** Directorate of Domestic Work Placement
** Directorate of Work Opportunities Expansion
** Directorate of Migrant Workers Placement Fostering
** Directorate of Work Introduction
** Directorate of Foreign Worker Control
** Indonesian Institute of Work Opportunities Expansion, West Bandung
** Institute of Work Opportunities Expansion (Bekasi and Kendari)
** Work Opportunities Expansion Unit, Dumai
* Directorate General of Industrial Relations Development and Workers' Social Security
** Directorate General of Industrial Relations Development and Workers' Social Security Secretariat
** Directorate of Work Relationship and Remuneration
** Directorate of Industrial Mediators Fostering
** Directorate of Workers' Social Security
** Directorate of Institutional Affairs and Industrial Disputes Prevention
** Directorate of Industrial Disputes Resolution
* Directorate General of Labor Inspection Development and Occupational Safety and Health
** Directorate General of Labor Inspection Development and Occupational Safety and Health Secretariat
** Directorate of Labor Inspection System Fostering
** Directorate of Institutional Fostering for Occupational Safety and Health
** Directorate of Work Norms Investigation Fostering
** Directorate of Occupational Safety and Health Testing Fostering
** Directorate of Work Inspectors and Occupational Safety and Health Assessors Fostering
** Indonesian Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Jakarta
** Centers of Occupational Safety and Health (Bandung, Medan, Samarinda, and Makassar)
* Inspectorate General
* Employment Planning and Development Center
** Center of Manpower Data, Information, and Technology
** Center of Manpower Policies Development
** Center of Manpower Planning
* Center for Manpower Human Resource Development
** Indonesian Manpower Polytechnic, East Jakarta
* Center for Labor Market
* Board of Experts
** Senior Expert to the Minister for Manpower Economics
** Senior Expert to the Minister for International Relations
** Senior Expert to the Minister for Inter-Institutional Relations
** Senior Expert to the Minister for Social, Politics, and Public Policies

## Ministers

| No | Took office | Left office | Name |
| 1 | 3 July 1947 | 29 January 1948 | Soerastri Karma Trimurti |
| 2 | 29 January 1948 | 21 January 1950 | Kusnan |
| | 19 December 1948 | 13 July 1949 | Sutan Rasjid (Assistant) |
| | 20 December 1949 | 21 January 1950 | Wilopo (Assistant) |
| 3 | 21 January 1950 | 6 September 1950 | Ma'as |
| 4 | 6 September 1950 | 27 April 1951 | Soeroso |
| 5 | 27 April 1951 | 30 July 1953 | Iskandar Tedjasukmana |
| 6 | 30 July 1953 | 3 March 1956 | Sutan Muchtar Abidin |
| 7 | 24 March 1956 | 14 March 1957 | Sabilal Rasjad |
| 8 | 9 April 1957 | 10 July 1959 | Samjono |
| 9 | 10 July 1959 | 27 August 1964 | Ahem Erningpradja |
| 10 | 27 August 1964 | 28 March 1966 | Sutomo |
| 11 | 28 March 1966 | 6 June 1968 | Awaluddin Djamin |
| 12 | 16 June 1968 | 11 September 1971 | Mursalin Daeng Mamangung |
| 13 | 11 September 1971 | 28 March 1973 | Mohammad Sadli |
| 14 | 28 March 1973 | 29 March 1978 | Subroto |
| 15 | 29 March 1978 | 19 March 1983 | Harun Al Rasyid Zain |
| 16 | 19 March 1983 | 21 March 1988 | Sudomo |
| 17 | 21 March 1988 | 17 March 1993 | Cosmas Batubara |
| 18 | 17 March 1993 | 16 March 1998 | Abdul Latief |
| 19 | 16 March 1998 | 21 May 1998 | Theo L. Sambuaga |
| 20 | 21 May 1998 | 27 September 1999 | Fahmi Idris |
| 21 | 1 October 1999 | 20 October 1999 | A.M. Hendropriyono (Interim) |
| 22 | 26 October 1999 | 23 August 2000 | Bomer Pasaribu |
| 23 | 23 August 2000 | 9 August 2001 | Al Hilal Hamdi |
| 24 | 10 August 2001 | 20 October 2004 | Jacob Nuwa Wea |
| 25 | 21 October 2004 | 5 December 2005 | Fahmi Idris |
| 26 | 5 December 2005 | 20 October 2009 | Erman Soeparno |
| 27 | 22 October 2009 | 1 October 2014 | Muhaimin Iskandar |
| 28 | 1 October 2014 | 20 October 2014 | Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (Interim) |
| 29 | 27 October 2014 | 20 October 2019 | Hanif Dhakiri |
| 29 | 23 October 2019 | 30 September 2024 | Ida Fauziyah |
| 30 | 21 October 2024 | | Yassierli |