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 ==
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 ==