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.
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. Under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the state minister post was abolished since 19 October 2011, so that it changed its name to Minister of Development of Disadvantaged Regions. 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. In the second period, Joko Widodo added a deputy minister to assist the village minister's duties.
List of ministers From 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:
Political party:
Portrait Name(Birth–Death) Political party Title Took office Left office Cabinet 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 2007First 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 20094 Helmy Faishal Zaini(b. 1972)(State Minister) PKB22 October 20091 October 2014Second United IndonesiaMinister of Development of Underdeveloped Regions – Armida Alisjahbana(ad-interim) (b. 1960) Independent 1 October 2014 20 October 2014 5 Marwan Jafar(b. 1971) PKBMinister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration 27 October 2014 27 July 2016Working 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)Independent1 October 202420 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 The following individuals have been appointed as Deputy Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration, or any of its precedent titles:
Political party:
Portrait Name(Birth–Death) Political party Title Took office Left office Cabinet 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 Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration
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