Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources

Kementerian Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral
Seal of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources
Flag of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources
Agency overview
Formed	10 July 1959 (1959-07-10)
Preceding agency	Ministry of Main Industry and Mining (1959-1966)
Jurisdiction	Government of Indonesia
Headquarters	Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan No. 18 Jakarta Pusat 10110 Jakarta, Indonesia
Minister responsible	Bahlil Lahadalia, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources
Website	www.esdm.go.id

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Kementerian Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral Republik Indonesia, abbr. Kementerian ESDM) is an Indonesian ministry responsible for providing assistance to the President and Vice President in performing government's affairs in the field of energy and mineral resources.^[1] The current minister is . Bahlil Lahadalia.^[2]

In history before 1945, the first institution that handled mining in Dutch East Indies is Department of Mining (Dienst van den Mijnbouw)^[3] Following Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies in 1942, the department name was changed to Geological Survey Division (地質調査除, Chisitsu Chosajo),^[4] then to Mining and Geology Bureau (Djawatan Tambang dan Geologi) after Proclamation of Indonesian Independence which was formed on 11 September 1945 under the Ministry of Prosperity.^[5]

In year 1952 the bureau was under the Ministry of Industry. It was changed to the Mining Directorate which consisted of the Mining Service Center and the Geological Service Center. Following year 1957 the Ministry of Economy was split into the Ministry of Trade and the Ministry of Industry, the centers under the Mining Directorate were changed to the Mining and Geological Services.^[5]

The government established the Bureau of Oil and Gas which is under the Ministry of Basic Industry and Mining in 1961. The next year Geology and Mining Bureau was changed to the Geology Directorate and Mining Directorate. Following year 1963 Bureau of Oil and Gas was changed into Directorate of Oil and Gas which is under the authority of the Assistant Minister of Mining and State Mining Companies.^[5]

Two years after, in 1965, Department of Basic Industry / Mining is divided into three departments namely: Department of Basic Industry, Department of Mining and Department of Oil and Gas Affairs. In June 1965, Minister of Oil and Gas Affairs stipulates the establishment of the Oil and Gas Institution. In 1966 Department of Oil and Gas Affairs is merged into the Ministry of Mines and Oil and Gas which oversees the Department of Oil and Gas. Im Ampera Cabinet, Department of Oil and Gas and the Department of Mining are merged into the Department of Mining.^[5]

Department of Mining changed to the Department of Mines and Energy in the next decade (1978). Department of Mines and Energy turned into the Department of Energy and Mineral Resources in 2000. In 2019 in accordance with Presidential Decree No. 47/2009, the name 'Department' was changed to 'Ministry'.^[5]

Based on Presidential Decree No. 97/2021 and Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Decree No. 15/2021, amended by Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Decrees Nos. 34/2021, 5/2022, 6/2022, 7/2022, and 8/2022, the ministry consisted of:

• Office of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources
• Office of the Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources
• General Secretariat
  • Bureau of Planning
  • Bureau of Human Resources
  • Bureau of Organization and Administration Affairs
  • Bureau of Finance
  • Bureau of Legal Affairs
  • Bureau of General Affairs
  • Bureau of Communications, Public Information Services, and Partnership
• General Directorate of Oil and Gas
  • General Directorate of Oil and Gas Secretariat
  • Directorate of Program Guidance in Oil and Gas Affairs
  • Directorate of Upstream Business Guidance for Oil and Gas
  • Directorate of Downstream Business Guidance for Oil and Gas
  • Directorate of Planning and Infrastructure Development for Oil and Gas
  • Directorate of Engineering and Environment Development for Oil and Gas
  • "LEMIGAS" Institute for Oil and Gas Testing
    • 47 "LEMIGAS" Laboratories
    • Central Calibration and Maintenance Laboratory
• General Directorate of Electricity
  • General Directorate of Electricity Secretariat
  • Directorate of Program Guidance in Electricity Affairs
  • Directorate of Business Guidance for Electricity
  • Directorate of Engineering and Environment Development for Electricity
  • Institute for Survey and Testing of Electricity, New and Renewable Energy, and Energy Conservation
• General Directorate of Mineral and Coal
  • General Directorate of Mineral and Coal Secretariat
  • Directorate of Program Guidance in Mineral and Coal Affairs
  • Directorate of Business Guidance for Mineral
  • Directorate of Business Guidance for Coal
  • Directorate of Coal Revenue
  • Directorate of Engineering and Environment Development for Mineral and Coal
  • Institute for Mineral and Coal Testing
• General Directorate of New, Renewable Energy, and Energy Conservation
  • General Directorate of New, Renewable Energy, and Energy Conservation Secretariat
  • Directorate of Geothermal
  • Directorate of Bioenergy
  • Directorate of Miscellaneous New and Renewable Energy
  • Directorate of Energy Conservation
  • Directorate of Planning and Infrastructure Development for New, Renewable Energy, and Energy Conservation
• General Inspectorate
  • General Inspectorate Secretariat
  • Inspectorate I
  • Inspectorate II
  • Inspectorate III
  • Inspectorate IV
  • Inspectorate V
• Geological Agency
  • Center for Mineral Resources, Coal, and Geothermal
  • Center for Vulcanology and Geological Disaster Management
    • Research and Technological Development Center for Geological Disasters
    • Center for Volcanoes Monitoring and Mass Wasting Disasters Mitigation in Sulawesi and Maluku
    • Center for Volcanoes Monitoring and Mass Wasting Disasters Mitigation in Nusa Tenggara
  • Center for Groundwater and Spatial Geology Management
    • Center for Groundwater Conservation
  • Center for Geological Survey
  • Geological Museum
  • Institute for Marine Geological Survey and Mapping
• Human Resources Development Agency for Energy and Mineral Resources
  • Human Resources Development Center for Oil and Gas
  • Human Resources Development Center for Geology, Mineral, and Coal
  • Human Resources Development Center for Electricity, New and Renewable Energy, and Energy Conservation
  • Human Resources Development Center for the Ministerial Apparatuses
  • "AKAMIGAS" Polytechnics of Energy and Mineral
  • Education and Training Center for Underground Mining
  • Bandung Polytechnics of Energy and Mining
• Centers
  • Center of Data and Information for Energy and Mineral Resources
  • Center for State Assets Management
• Expert Staffs
  • Expert Staffs for Strategic Planning
  • Expert Staffs for Investment and Infrastructure
  • Expert Staffs for Economy and Natural Resources
  • Expert Staffs for Environment and Spatial Planning

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		Cabinet
1		Chaerul Saleh Minister of Basic Industry and Mining (1959–1964) Minister of Oil and Natural Gas (1964–1966)	9 July 1959 (1959-07-09)	22 February 1966 (1966-02-22)	5 years, 49 days		Murba	Working I (9 July 1959 (1959-07-09) – 18 February 1960 (1960-02-18)) Working II (18 February 1960 (1960-02-18) – 6 March 1962 (1962-03-06)) Working III (6 March 1962 (1962-03-06) – 13 November 1963 (1963-11-13)) Working III (13 November 1963 (1963-11-13) – 27 August 1964 (1964-08-27)) Dwikora I (27 August 1964 (1964-08-27) – 22 February 1966 (1966-02-22))
2		Armunanto Minister of Mining	27 August 1964 (1964-08-27)	27 March 1966 (1966-03-27)	1 year, 212 days		Independent	Dwikora I (27 August 1964 (1964-08-27) – 22 February 1966 (1966-02-22)) Dwikora II (22 February 1966 (1966-02-22) – 27 March 1966 (1966-03-27))
3		Ibnu Sutowo Minister of Oil and Natural Gas	22 February 1966 (1966-02-22)	25 July 1966 (1966-07-25)	149 days		Independent	Dwikora II (22 February 1966 (1966-02-22) – 27 March 1966 (1966-03-27)) Dwikora III (31 March 1966 (1966-03-31) – 25 July 1966 (1966-07-25))
4		Slamet Bratanata Minister of Mining	28 July 1966 (1966-07-28)	11 October 1967 (1967-10-11)	1 year, 75 days		Independent	Ampera I (28 July 1966 (1966-07-28) – 11 October 1967 (1967-10-11))
5		Soemantri Brodjonegoro Minister of Mining	17 November 1967 (1967-11-17)	28 March 1973 (1973-03-28)	5 years, 131 days		Independent	Ampera II (17 November 1967 (1967-11-17) – 10 June 1968 (1968-06-10)) Development I (10 June 1968 (1968-06-10) – 28 March 1973 (1973-03-28))
6		Mohammad Sadli Minister of Mining	28 March 1973 (1973-03-28)	29 March 1978 (1978-03-29)	5 years, 1 day		Independent	Development II (28 March 1973 (1973-03-28) – 29 March 1978 (1978-03-29))
7		Soebroto Minister of Mining and Energy	31 March 1978 (1978-03-31)	21 March 1988 (1988-03-21)	9 years, 356 days		Golongan Karya	Development III (31 March 1978 (1978-03-31) – 19 March 1983 (1983-03-19)) Development IV (19 March 1983 (1983-03-19) – 21 March 1988 (1988-03-21))
8		Ginandjar Kartasasmita Minister of Mining and Energy	23 March 1988 (1988-03-23)	17 March 1993 (1993-03-17)	4 years, 359 days		Golongan Karya	Development V (23 March 1988 (1988-03-23) – 17 March 1993 (1993-03-17))
9		Ida Bagus Sudjana Minister of Mining and Energy	17 March 1993 (1993-03-17)	14 March 1998 (1998-03-14)	4 years, 362 days		Golongan Karya	Development VI (17 March 1993 (1993-03-17) – 14 March 1998 (1998-03-14))
10		Kuntoro Mangkusubroto Minister of Mining and Energy	14 March 1998 (1998-03-14)	20 October 1999 (1999-10-20)	1 years, 118 days		Golongan Karya	Development VII (14 March 1998 (1998-03-14) – 21 May 1998 (1998-05-21)) Development Reform (23 May 1998 (1998-05-23) – 20 October 1999 (1999-10-20))
11		Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Minister of Mining and Energy	29 October 1999 (1999-10-29)	23 August 2000 (2000-08-23)	302 days		Independent	National Unity (26 October 1999 (1999-10-26) – 23 July 2001 (2001-07-23))
12		Purnomo Yusgiantoro Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources	23 August 2000 (2000-08-23)	20 October 2009 (2009-10-20)	9 years, 40 days		Independent	National Unity (26 October 1999 (1999-10-26) – 23 July 2001 (2001-07-23)) Mutual Assistance (10 August 1998 (1998-08-10) – 20 October 2004 (2004-10-20)) United Indonesia I (21 October 2004 (2004-10-21) – 20 October 2009 (2009-10-20))
13		Darwin Zahedy Saleh Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources	22 October 2009 (2009-10-22)	19 October 2011 (2011-10-19)	1 year, 362 days		Demokrat	United Indonesia II (22 October 2009 (2009-10-22) – 20 October 2014 (2014-10-20))
14		Jero Wacik Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources	19 October 2011 (2011-10-19)	5 September 2014 (2014-09-05)	2 years, 321 days		Demokrat	United Indonesia II (22 October 2009 (2009-10-22) – 20 October 2014 (2014-10-20))
—		Chairul Tanjung Acting Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources	11 September 2014 (2014-09-11)	20 October 2014 (2014-10-20)	39 days		Independent	United Indonesia II (22 October 2009 (2009-10-22) – 20 October 2014 (2014-10-20))
15		Sudirman Said Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources	27 October 2014 (2014-10-27)	27 July 2016 (2016-07-27)	1 year, 274 days		Independent	Working (27 October 2014 (2014-10-27) – 20 October 2019 (2019-10-20))
16		Arcandra Tahar Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources	27 July 2016 (2016-07-27)	15 August 2016 (2016-08-15)	19 days		Independent	Working (27 October 2014 (2014-10-27) – 20 October 2019 (2019-10-20))
—		Luhut Binsar Panjaitan Acting Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources	15 August 2016 (2016-08-15)	14 October 2016 (2016-10-14)	60 days		Golongan Karya	Working (27 October 2014 (2014-10-27) – 20 October 2019 (2019-10-20))
17		Ignasius Jonan Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources	14 October 2016 (2016-10-14)	20 October 2019 (2019-10-20)	3 years, 6 days		Independent	Working (27 October 2014 (2014-10-27) – 20 October 2019 (2019-10-20))
18		Arifin Tasrif Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources	23 October 2019 (2019-10-23)	19 August 2024 (2024-08-19)	4 years, 301 days		Independent	Onward Indonesia (23 October 2019 (2019-10-23) – present)
19		Bahlil Lahadalia Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources	19 August 2024 (2024-08-19)	incumbent	79 days		Golongan Karya	Onward Indonesia (19 August 2024 (2024-08-19) – present)

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