Ministry of Culture (Indonesia)

The discourse on the establishment of the Indonesian Ministry of Culture was put forward since 1945, a number of cultural figures, artists, and community leaders held a cultural conference in December in Sukabumi, West Java. The nomenclature Culture was first used in the Syahrir III Cabinet as part of the Ministry of Education and Culture. Since then, cultural matters have become the responsibility of the Ministry of Education and Culture. In the Second Revised Dwikora Cabinet, a separate Ministry of Culture Affairs was formed, but it was merged again with the Ministry of Education and Culture in subsequent periods. In the Seventh Development Cabinet, cultural responsibilities were united into the Ministry of Tourism and lasted until the Second United Indonesia Cabinet, after which cultural responsibilities returned to being part of the Ministry of Education and Culture. President Prabowo Subianto planned to form a Ministry of Culture Affairs in his campaign. After being elected, the promise was realized by appointing Fadli Zon as the second minister of culture. == Organizational structure ==

Based on Presidential Decree No. 190/2024 and Minister of Culture Decree No. 1/2024, the Ministry of Culture is organized into the following: • Minister of Culture • Deputy Minister of Culture • Secretariat General • Bureau of Planning and Finance • Bureau of Law and Partnerships • Bureau of Public Relations and Public Information • Bureau of Organization and Human Resources • Bureau of State-owned Assets, Procurement, and General Affairs • Directorate General of Protection of Culture and Tradition (Directorate General I) • Directorate General of Protection of Culture and Tradition Secretariat • Directorate of Fostering and Guidance of Beliefs to the One Almighty God and Indigenous People • Directorate of History and Museums • Directorate of Cultural Heritage • Directorate of Cultural Values Empowerment and Facilitation of Intellectual Property Rights • Directorate General of Cultural Diplomacy, Promotion, and Cooperation (Directorate General II) • Directorate General of Cultural Diplomacy, Promotion, and Cooperation • Directorate of Cultural Diplomacy • Directorate of Cultural Promotion • Directorate of Cultural Cooperation • Directorate General of Development, Utilization, and Fostering of Culture (Directorate General III) • Directorate General of Development, Utilization, and Fostering of Culture Secretariat • Directorate of Film, Music, and Arts • Directorate of Cultural Facilities and Infrastructures • Directorate of Digital Cultural Development • Directorate of Development of Cultural Human Resources and Cultural Institutions • Inspectorate General • Inspectorate General Secretariat • Inspectorate General I • Inspectorate General II • Board of Experts • Senior Expert to the Minister for Law and Cultural Policy • Senior Expert to the Minister for Economics and Cultural Industry • Senior Expert to the Minister for Inter-Institutional Relations == References ==