The Ministry of Finance (Indonesian: Kementerian Keuangan) is an Indonesian governmentministry responsible for the nation's finance and state assets. The finance minister is responsible to the President. The ministry's motto is Nagara Dana Rakça, which means "guardian of state finance".
History
Colonial period
The Dutch East India Company was given octrooi to print money during the rule of Governor General Jan Pieterszoon Coen. Since the 17th century, the Dutch East India Company increased state revenue. The company raised state revenue by an obligation to surrender agricultural products (verplichte leverentie), restrictions on agricultural production (contingenten, which increased the price) and obligations to plant strategic agricultural products such as coffee (preangerstelsel).[1]
When the British took over Dutch East India as part of the War of the Sixth Coalition and assigned Stamford Raffles as Lieutenant-Governor, he instituted reformation through land tax (landrent), which changed the former Dutch system, to enable the public to buy British products with money. This reform failed to introduce a standardized monetary system because of a lack of support from the local aristocracy and inadequate public knowledge of money and taxation calculation.[1]
After the Napoleonic Wars, Dutch East India was returned to the Dutch by the British under the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814. Governor General Du Bus resumed economic development and established De Javasche Bank as part of financial and payment system reform. In 1836, van den Bosch introduced forced plantation (cultuurstelsel) to produce global-favored products. Forced plantation replaced the land tax system and aimed to introduce monetary economics to society. Forced plantation and forced labor had sufficient effect to introduce monetary economics.[1]
Government policy was shifted into liberal economics. The policy was implemented as "laissez faire, laissez passer", in which economic responsibility is shifted to the private sector. The Department of Finance (Departement van Financien) was established to coordinate, develop and support financial administration. Centralized financial administration was done to facilitate management of state revenue and expenditure.[1]
The Second World War put the Dutch colonial government in a difficult position. Before the Japanese landing, the President of De Javasche Bank, Dr. G.G. van Buttingha Wichers, sent gold deposits to South Africa and Australia from Cilacap. The Japanese colonial government forced the surrender of British, Dutch and Chinese Bank and invasion money. The war created a financial crisis.[1]
Early independence
After Japan's surrender to the Allied powers in August 1945, Indonesia declared independence. Ministry of Finance is officially established to replace the function of Departement van Financien.[2]
The economic situation was dire because of high inflation (due to circulation of De Javasche Bank money, Dutch East Indies money and Japanese Yen). Dr. Samsi, as Minister of Finance, had information that Escompto Bank in Surabaya held reserve money from the Dutch Colonial Government.[1]
Organization
The Organizational Structure of the Ministry of Finance, according to Presidential Regulation Number 158/2024, and as expanded by Ministry of Finance Decree No. 124/2024 consists of:[3][4]
Office of the Minister of Finance
Office of the Deputy Minister of Finance
Office of the General Secretary
Bureau of Planning and Finance
Division of Planning
Division of Performance and Risk Management
Division of Budgeting
Division of Treasury
Division of Accountancy and Financial Reporting
Bureau of Organization and Administration
Division of Organization Strategies and Business Process
Organizing Division of Revenue and Management and Functionaries Supports
Organizing Division of Budget, Treasury, State Assets, Financial Sectors, and Functionaries
Division of Position Analysis and Evaluation
Division of Administration and Public Services
Bureau of Legal Affairs
Division of Taxation, Customs, and Excise Laws and Regulation Evaluation
Division of Budget, Fiscal Balance, Finance, Treasury, and Public Services Agencies and Organizations
Division of State Wealth and Legal Information
Division of Financing Management Laws and Non-tax State Revenue
Division of Financial Laws and Agreements
Division of Apparatuses and Human Resources Laws
Bureau of Advocation
Division of Program and Knowledge Management
Bureau of Human Resources
Division of Administration and Fostering
Division of Program and Knowledge Management
Bureau of Communication and Information Services
Division of Strategic Communication Management
Division of Publication Management
Division of Inter-state Institutional Relation Management
Division of Media and Public Institutional Relations Management
Division of Data Management and Information Services
Division of Information Management and Public Education
Bureau of State Properties Management and Procurement
Division of Strategies and Performance Development
Division of State Properties Planning
Division of State Properties Management
Division of State Properties Administration
Division of Procurement Management
Bureau of General Affairs
Division of Ministerial Administration and Leadership Administration
Division of Household Affairs
Division of Finance
Division of Human Resources
Division of Organization, Administration, and Communication
Division of Internal Compliance
Division of State Properties Management
Center for Policy Analysis and Harmonization (attached to the General Secretariat)
Directorate General of Economic and Fiscal Strategy (Directorate General I)
Directorate General I Secretariat
Strategic Directorate of Economic Stabilization
Strategic Directorate of Economic Welfare and Equity
Strategic Directorate of Economic Productivity and Growth
Strategic Directorate of Taxation
Strategic Directorate of Non-tax State Revenue
Strategic Directorate of State Budget
Directorate General of Budget (Directorate General II)
Directorate General II Secretariat
Directorate of State Budget Formulation
Budgetary Directorate of Economics and Maritime Affairs
Budgetary Directorate of Human Development and Cultural Affairs
Budgetary Directorate of Political, Legal, Defense, Security, and State Treasury General
Directorate of Non-tax State Revenue from Natural Resources and Separated State Wealth
Directorate of Non-tax State Revenue from State Ministries/Institutions
Directorate of Potentials and Supervision of Non-tax State Revenue
Directorate of Budgetary System
Directorate of Budgetary Regulations Harmonization