The Ministry of Home Affairs (; abbreviated as Kemendagri) is an interior ministry of the government of Indonesia responsible for matters of the state. The ministry was formerly known as the Department of Home Affairs (; Depdagri) until 2010 when the nomenclature of the Department of Home Affairs was changed to the Ministry of Home Affairs in accordance with the Regulation of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 3 of 2010 on the Nomenclature of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The ministry – along with the Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is explicitly mentioned in the constitution of Indonesia. Therefore, the ministry cannot be dissolved by the president.
According to Article 8 of the Constitution, in case that both the president and the vice president can no longer serve at the same time, the line of succession temporarily falls to a troika of the minister of foreign affairs, the minister of home affairs, and minister of defense who would govern concurrently until the succeeding president and vice president are elected by the People's Consultative Assembly within thirty days of the posts' vacancy.
The ministry is headed by the minister of home affairs. Starting 23 October 2019, Tito Karnavian held this office.
History
The Indonesian Department of Home of Affairs traces its origin to the of the Dutch East Indies Government. Its main function was to oversee police force, transmigration, and agrarian matters. It existed until 1942, the year of the Japanese invasion. During the Japanese occupation (1942-1945) the name was changed to Naimubu (). Its function was expanded to oversee religious, social, health, education, pedagogic, and cultural matters. Naimubu maintained its operations from its office at Jalan Sagara no. 7 Djakarta until 1945. On 19 August 1945 Naimubu was split into several departments: Department of Home Affairs (); at the time, still overseeing religious matters; Religious matters would eventually be handed over to the newly established Department of Religious Affairs Department of Social Affairs Department of Health Department of Education, Teaching, and Culture
The Department of Home Affairs was the first government department established under the Presidential Cabinet of Indonesia following independence. Due to changes of political situation and the constitution, the department was renamed several times. The nomenclature "" (Department of Home Affairs) was changed to "" (Ministry of Home Affairs) in 2010.
Responsibilities The main responsibilities of the ministry are the formulation, determination and implementation of policies related to political and general governance; regional autonomy; development of regional and village administration and matters of governance; regional development and finance as well as demographics and civil records. it also reviews laws passed by provincial legislatures. The home affairs minister officially inaugurates elected provincial governors on behalf of the president.
If both the president and the vice president are unable to carry out their duties, Article 8 of the Constitution states that they are replaced by a three-person team comprising the minister of foreign affairs, minister of home affairs and minister of defence pending the selection of a president and vice-president by the People's Consultative Assembly within thirty days.
Organization Based on Presidential Regulation No. 149/2024 on the Ministry of Home Affairs, as well as Home Minister Regulation No. 9/2025 on the Organization and Administration of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the ministry is organized into the following:
Executive
Minister of Home Affairs (), who heads the entire ministry and is a member of the cabinet. Deputy Minister of Home Affairs (), who assists the Minister in performance of his duties
Directorates General
Directorate General of Politics and General Governance () is tasked with policy drafting and execution concerning politics and general governance. It is subdivided into several units, as follow: DG Secretariat Directorate of National Ideology, Character, and Vision () Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat) Sub-Directorate of State Civil Defense () Sub-Directorate of National Assimilation and History () Sub-Directorate of Apparatuses Ideological Guidance () Directorate of Internal Politics () Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat) Sub-Directorate of Internal Political Policies Implementation () Sub-Directorate of Political Parties Facilitation () Sub-Directorate of Facilitation for National Political Ethics Education () Sub-Directorate of Facilitation of General Election and Democracy Development () Directorate of Economic, Social, and Cultural Resilience () Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat) Sub-Directorate of Facilitation of Social Conflict Resolution () Sub-Directorate of Harmony Development between Tribes, Religious, Race, Racial Groups, and Traditional Believers () Directorate of Civil Organization () Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat) Sub-Directorate of Mediation of Disputes and Conflicts between Civil Organizations () Sub-Directorate of Monitoring and Evaluation of Civil Organization Performances () Directorate of National Vigilance () Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat) Sub-Directorate of Early Vigilance and Intelligence Cooperation () Sub-Directorate of Research Licensing and Foreigners Monitoring () Directorate General of Territorial Administration () is tasked with policy drafting and execution concerning territorial administration. It is subdivided into several units, as follow: DG Secretariat Directorate of Deconsentration, Coadministration, and Cooperation () Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat) Sub-Directorate of Facilitation of Governors as Central Government Representative, Deconsentration, Coadministration, and District-level Affairs () Sub-Directorate of Cooperation and Dispute Resolution between Regions, and General Administration Services () Directorate of Territory, Urban Affairs, and State Border () Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat) Sub-Directorate of Special Territories () Sub-Directorate of Urban Affairs and Agrarian Problems Facilitation () Sub-Directorate of Border Affairs and Outer Islands () Directorate of Municipal Police and Public Safety () Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat) Sub-Directorate of Operational and Human Resources Standardization for Municipal Police () Sub-Directorate of Civil Protection () Sub-Directorate of Civil Apparatuses Investigators and Civil dan Human Rights Protection () Directorate of Toponym and Regional Border () Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat) Sub-Directorate of Regional Borders I () Sub-Directorate of Regional Borders II () Sub-Directorate of Toponym, Data, and Codification of Governance Administration Regions () Directorate of Disaster and Fire Management () Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat) Sub-Directorate of Operational and Human Resources Standardization for Disaster Management () Sub-Directorate of Operational and Human Resources Standardization for Fire Management () Directorate General of Regional Autonomy () is tasked with policy drafting and execution concerning regional autonomy. It is subdivided into several units, as follow: DG Secretariat Directorate of Regional Arrangement, Special Autonomy, and Regional Autonomy Advisory Council () Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat) Sub-Directorate of Regional Arrangement and Regional Autonomy Advisory Council () Sub-Directorate of Special Autonomy and Exceptional Autonomy () Sub-Directorate of Papua Special Autonomy () Directorate of Regional Executive and Legislature Facilitation () Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat) Sub-Directorate of Region I () Sub-Directorate of Region II () Sub-Directorate of Region III () Directorate of Institutional Facilitation and Regional Apparatuses Employment () Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat) Sub-Directorate of Region I () Sub-Directorate of Region II () Sub-Directorate of Region III () Directorate of Regional Legal Products () Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat) Sub-Directorate of Region I () Sub-Directorate of Region II () Directorate of Performance Evaluation and Regional Capacity Development () Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat) Sub-Directorate of Performance Evaluation and Regional Capacity Development Region I () Sub-Directorate of Performance Evaluation and Regional Capacity Development Region II () Directorate General of Regional Development () is tasked with policy drafting and execution concerning regional development. It is subdivided into several units, as follow: DG Secretariat Directorate of Regional Development Planning, Evaluation, and Information () Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat) Sub-Directorate of Regional Development Planning, Evaluation, and Information Region I () Sub-Directorate of Regional Development Planning, Evaluation, and Information Region II () Directorate of Regional Governance Synchronization I (), concerning regional government's land use and spatial planning, energy and mineral resources, agriculture and food, forestry, and environmental affairs Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat) Sub-Directorate of Agrarian and Spatial Arrangement () Sub-Directorate of Agriculture and Foods () Sub-Directorate of Forestry () Sub-Directorate of Environment () Directorate of Regional Governance Synchronization II (), concerning regional government's public works, housing and settlements, marine affairs and fisheries, and transportation. Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat) Sub-Directorate of Public Works () Sub-Directorate of Housing and Settlements () Sub-Directorate of Marine Affairs and Fisheries () Sub-Directorate of Transportation () Directorate of Regional Governance Synchronization III (), concerning regional government's sociocultural affairs. Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat) Sub-Directorate of Social and Culture () Directorate of Regional Governance Synchronization IV (), concerning regional government's manpower, transmigration, population control, and planned family. Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat) Sub-Directorate of Manpower and Transmigration () Sub-Directorate of Population Control and Planned Family () Directorate General of Villages Governance () is tasked with policy drafting and execution concerning governance of villages. It is subdivided into several units, as follow: DG Secretariat Directorate of Facilitation for Village Governance Arrangement and Administration () Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat) Sub-Directorate of Facilitation for Village Spatial Arrangement () Sub-Directorate of Facilitation for Village Rights and Village Legal Products () Sub-Directorate of Facilitation for Village Governance Administration () Directorate of Facilitation for Village Financial Planning and Village Governance Assets () Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat) Sub-Directorate of Facilitation for Village Development Planning Management () Sub-Directorate of Facilitation for Village Financial Management () Sub-Directorate of Facilitation for Village Assets Management () Directorate of Facilitation for Cooperation, Village Governance Institutions, and Village Consultative Bodies () Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat) Sub-Directorate of Facilitation for Village Cooperation () Sub-Directorate of Facilitation for Village Governance Institutions and Village Consultative Bodies () Directorate of Facilitation for Village Civil and Custom Organizations, Family Empowerment and Welfare, and Integrated Servicing Posts () Directorate Secretariat (Sekretariat Direktorat)