The Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Kantor Staf Presiden Republik Indonesia, lit.'Office of Staffs of the President of the Republic of Indonesia') is a non-structural government agency directly under the auspices of the President of Indonesia. The office reports to the President and is headed by a Chief of Staff. Previously, the office was named Unit of Presidential Staff (Unit Staf Kepresidenan) based on the Presidential Decree No.29/ 2014.[1] The current name has been used based on the Presidential Decree No.26/2015 dated 23 February 2015 due to the expansion of the task and function assigned to the office.[2]
Tasks and functions
The Republic of Indonesia's Presidential Executive Office has the primary task to support and assist the President and Vice President of Indonesia in controlling, managing, and ensuring the realization of national priority programs as well as political and strategic affairs management.[3] In order to perform such tasks, the President's executive office are assigned the following functions:[3]
To manage national priority programs, to ensure the programs are aligned with the President's vision and mission;
To provide support in acceleration of national priority programs and strategic issues;
To monitor and evaluate the execution of national priority programs and strategic issues;
To handle comprehensive dispute resolutions on any national priority programs which encounter any obstacle/problem/dispute;
To manage strategic issues;
To manage communication strategy of the President and Vice President;
To manage political communication strategy and disseminate information;
To provide data and information analysis for strategic decision making;
To execute administrative duty of the Executive Office of the President;
To execute other functions as assigned by the President.
Organization structure
The Executive Office of the President consists of:[4]
Executives
Chief of Staff for the President (Kepala Staf Kepresidenan), who heads the executive office and directly responsible to the president; and
Vice Chief of Staff for the President (Wakil Kepala Staf Kepresidenan), who assists the Chief of Staff in executing the duties of the executive office.
Deputies
Deputy Chief of Staff for Infrastructure, Energy, and Investment (Deputi I Bidang Infrastruktur, Energi, dan Investasi);
Deputy Chief of Staff for Human Development (Deputi II Bidang Pembangunan Manusia);
Deputy Chief of Staff for Economic Affairs (Deputi III Bidang Perekonomian);
Deputy Chief of Staff for Information and Political Communication (Deputi IV Bidang Informasi dan Komunikasi Politik), however this deputy later taken out to be a separate office on its right, Presidential Communication Office on 19 August 2024;[5]
Deputy Chief of Staff for Politics, Law, Defense, Security, and Human Rights (Deputi V Bidang Politik, Hukum, Pertahanan, Keamanan, dan Hak Asasi Manusia).
Advisors
Special Advisor for Infrastructure, Energy, and Investment (Staf Khusus Bidang Infrastruktur, Energi, dan Investasi);
Special Advisor for Human Development (Staf Khusus Bidang Pembangunan Manusia);
Special Advisor for Economic Affairs (Staf Khusus Bidang Perekonomian);
Special Advisor for Information and Political Communication (Staf Khusus Bidang Informasi dan Komunikasi Politik);
Special Advisor for Politics, Law, Defense, Security and Human Rights (Staf Khusus Bidang Politik, Hukum, Pertahanan, Keamanan, dan Hak Asasi Manusia).
Staffs / advisors
The Professional Staffs / Advisors (Tenaga Profesional) work directly under the coordination of the deputies. The Staffs / Advisors consist of:
Senior Advisors, Equivalent To Echelon I.b (Tenaga Ahli Utama, Disetarakan Eselon I.b)
Advisors, Equivalent To Echelon II.a (Tenaga Ahli Madya, Disetarakan Eselon II.a)
Assistant Advisors, Equivalent To Echelon III.a (Tenaga Ahli Muda, Disetarakan Eselon III.a)
The Secretariat of The Executive Office of The President (Sekretariat Kantor Staf Presiden) is headed by The Head of Secretariat who is a career civil servant. Even though the secretariat works under the Chief of Staff to the President to run the administrative aspect of the Office, the secretariat consists of civil servants coordinated and administered by the Ministry of State Secretariat.
