The current Indonesian Minister of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions is Yandri Susanto since 20 October 2024. The minister is supported by Deputy Minister of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions, which is Budi Arie Setiadi. The Minister administers the portfolio through the Ministry of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions.
Minister of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions | |
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Menteri Desa dan Pembangunan Daerah Tertinggal | |
since 20 October 2024 | |
Ministry of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions | |
Member of | Cabinet of Indonesia |
Appointer | President of Indonesia |
Formation | 26 August 2000as Junior Minister 10 August 2001 as Minister |
First holder | Manuel Kaisiepo |
Deputy | Ahmad Riza Patria |
Website | www |
President Abdurrahman Wahid appointed Manuel Kaisiepo as a junior minister equivalent to a deputy minister in charge of the government's strategic program. Then continued by the Megawati government by forming a new ministry called the Ministry of Acceleration of Development in Eastern.[1] Under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono administration, state minister post was abolished since 19 October 2011, so that it changed its name to Minister of Development of Disadvantaged Regions.[2] On 26 October 2014, President Joko Widodo announces his cabinet. Transmigration Portfolio is separated from the Ministry of Manpower and merged with the Ministry of Development of Disadvantaged Regions.[3] In the second period, Joko Widodo added a deputy minister to assist the village minister's duties.[4]
List of ministers
editFrom most of its existence, this minister post always held by National Awakening Party politicians, making it unique among many ministries in Indonesia until the appointment of Yandri Susanto of the National Mandate Party (PAN). The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration, or any of its precedent titles:[5]
Political party: Independent PKB PAN
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Political party | Title | Took office | Left office | Cabinet | |
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1 | Manuel Kaisiepo (b. 1953) (State Minister) |
Independent | State Minister of Acceleration of Development in Eastern | 10 August 2001 | 20 October 2004 | Mutual Assistance | ||
2 | Saifullah Yusuf (b. 1964) (State Minister) |
PKB | State Minister of Acceleration of Development in Underdeveloped Regions | 21 October 2004 | 9 May 2007 | First United Indonesia | ||
3 | Muhammad Lukman Edy (b. 1970) (State Minister) |
State Minister of Development in Underdeveloped Regions | 9 May 2007 | 1 October 2009 | ||||
– | Djoko Kirmanto (ad-interim) (b. 1943) |
Independent | 1 October 2009 | 20 October 2009 | ||||
4 | Helmy Faishal Zaini (b. 1972) (State Minister) |
PKB | 22 October 2009 | 1 October 2014 | Second United Indonesia | |||
Minister of Development of Underdeveloped Regions | ||||||||
– | Armida Alisjahbana (ad-interim) (b. 1960) |
Independent | 1 October 2014 | 20 October 2014 | ||||
5 | Marwan Jafar (b. 1971) |
PKB | Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration | 27 October 2014 | 27 July 2016 | Working | ||
6 | Eko Putro Sandjojo (b. 1965) |
27 July 2016 | 20 October 2019 | |||||
7 | Abdul Halim Iskandar (b. 1962) |
23 October 2019 | 1 October 2024 | Onward Indonesia | ||||
- | Muhadjir Effendy (ad-interim) (b. 1956) |
Independent | 1 October 2024 | 20 October 2024 | ||||
8 | Yandri Susanto (b. 1974) |
PAN | Minister of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions | 20 October 2024 | - | Red White Cabinet |
List of deputy ministers
editThe following individuals have been appointed as Deputy Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration, or any of its precedent titles:[6]
Political party: Independent Gerindra Party
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Political party | Title | Took office | Left office | Cabinet | |
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1 | Manuel Kaisiepo (b. 1953) (Junior Minister) |
Independent | Junior Minister of Acceleration of Development in Eastern | 26 August 2000 | 23 July 2001 | National Unity | ||
2 | Budi Arie Setiadi (b. 1969) |
Deputy Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration | 25 October 2019 | 17 July 2023 | Onward Indonesia | |||
3 | Ahmad Riza Patria (b. 1969) |
Gerindra Party | Deputy Minister of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions | 20 October 2024 | - | Red White Cabinet |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Megawati swears in new team". CNN International. 10 August 2001. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ "SBY resmi umumkan menteri baru". BBC Online (in Indonesian). BBC Indonesia. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ Ina Parlina and Hasyim Widhiarto (26 October 2014). "Jokowi's Cabinet announced, here is the lineup". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ Marchio Irfan Gorbiano (25 October 2019). "BREAKING: Jokowi announces 12 new deputy ministers to assist Cabinet". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ "Minister Profile". Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration, Indonesia. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ "Deputy Minister Profile". Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration, Indonesia. Retrieved 25 December 2021.