The Ministry of Health (, officially abbreviated as Kemenkes) is a government ministry which organize public health affairs within the Indonesian government.

History Ministry of Health was formed on 19 August 1945. The ministry is responsible for public health affairs in Indonesia. The ministry is led by a minister who is responsible to the president and part of the cabinet. Commonly, the minister usually came from medical doctor, however some of them were military doctor. Since 2009, the government has been required to allocate 5% of state budget for health sector. However, the mandatory 5% state budget for health sector was achieved in 2019.

In 2001, the ministry was merged with Department of Social Affairs () into Department of Health and Social Welfare, however the merger was short-lived and both departments were reestablished. On 27 November 2001, Board for Development and Empowerment of Human Resources for Health () was established.

Government Regulation through President No. 47/2009 concerning the Establishment and Organization of State Ministries issued on November 3 2009, changed all forms of Departments, Offices of State Ministers and Offices of the Coordinating Minister into State Ministries, therefore the nomenclature of the Department of Health () was renamed into Ministry of Health.

On 23 September 2021, National Institute of Health Research and Development (NIHRD) will be transformed into Agency for Health Policies Development, a regulatory agency intended to provide only policies and standards making for state health activity, no longer doing research as the research part will be relinquished to National Research and Innovation Agency. Thus, on 7 November 2021, the Ministry issued order to NIHRD and its child agencies to halt their activities per 31 December 2021 as unit under auspices of Ministry of Health, effectively started the dismantlement of Balitbangkes. In the order, NIHRD will split into three parts: one part (which is the most) relinquished to BRIN, one part to become BKPK, and the rest of the Balitbangkes part in regional level will be relinquished to local government where the NIHRD branch formerly existed for being transformed into local-government run public health laboratories for being integrated as part of state public health laboratories system.

List of Ministers No. PortraitName Affiliation Cabinet Took office Left office Notes 1 Boentaran Martoatmodjo Independent Presidential 19 August 1945 14 November 1945 [A] 2 Darma Setiawan Independent Sjahrir I 14 November 1945 12 March 1946 Sjahrir II 12 March 1946 2 October 1946 Sjahrir III 2 October 1946 26 June 1947 3 Johannes Leimena Parkindo Amir Sjarifuddin I 3 July 1947 11 November 1947 Amir Sjarifuddin II 11 November 1947 29 January 1948 Hatta I 29 January 1948 4 August 1949 - Mananti Sitompul Parkindo Emergency 19 December 1948 14 March 1949 - Soekiman Wirjosandjojo Masyumi 14 March 1949 13 July 1949 - Surono (ad-interim) Independent Hatta II 4 August 1949 1 December 1949 (3) Johannes Leimena Parkindo 4 August 1949 1 December 1949 R. I. S. 20 December 1949 6 September 1950 4 Sutopo PIR Halim 21 January 1950 6 September 1950 (3) Johannes Leimena Parkindo Natsir 6 September 1950 27 April 1951 Sukiman 27 April 1951 23 February 1952 Wilopo 3 April 1952 3 June 1953 - Ferdinand Lumban Tobing (ad-interim) SKI Ali Sastroamidjojo I 1 August 1953 9 October 1953 5 Lie Kiat Teng PSII 9 October 1953 24 July 1955 6 Hadrianus Sinaga Parkindo Ali Sastroamidjojo II 24 March 1956 14 March 1957 7 Abdul Azis Saleh IPKI Djuanda 9 April 1957 6 July 1959–Holding Junior Minister status Working I10 July 195918 February 1960 8 Satrio Military Working II 18 February 1960 6 March 1962 Working III 6 March 1962 13 November 1963 Working IV 13 November 1963 27 August 1964 Dwikora I 27 August 1964 22 February 1966 Dwikora II 24 February 1966 28 March 1966 Dwikora III 31 March 1966 25 July 1966 9 G. A. Siwabessy Independent Ampera I 28 July 1966 17 October 1967 Ampera II 17 October 1967 6 June 1968 Development I 6 June 1968 28 March 1973 Development II 28 March 1973 29 March 1978 10 Suwardjono Surjaningrat Golkar Development III 29 March 1978 11 March 1983 Development IV 19 March 1983 11 March 1988 11 Adhyatma Golkar Development V 21 March 1988 11 March 1993 12 Sujudi Golkar Development VI 17 March 1993 11 March 1998 13 Faried Anfasa Moeloek Golkar Development VII 16 March 1998 21 May 1998 Development Reform 23 May 1998 20 October 1999 14 Achmad Sujudi Independent National Unity 29 October 1999 23 July 2001 Mutual Assistance 10 August 2001 20 October 2004 15 Siti Fadilah Supari Independent United Indonesia I 21 October 2004 20 October 2009 16 Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih Independent United Indonesia II 22 October 2009 30 April 2012 30 April 2012 14 June 2012 — Ali Ghufron Mukti(Acting) Independent 30 April 2012 14 June 2012 17 Nafsiah Mboi Independent 14 June 2012 20 October 2014 18 Nila Moeloek Independent Working 27 October 2014 20 October 2019 19 Terawan Agus Putranto Independent Onward Indonesia 23 October 2019 23 December 2020 20 Budi Gunadi Sadikin Independent 23 December 2020 20 October 2024 Red and White 21 October 2024 Incumbent

Organization The ministry structure consists of: Office of the Minister of Health Office of the Deputy Minister of Health Secretariat General Bureau of Planning and Budgeting () Bureau of Finance and State Assets () Bureau of Law () Bureau of Organisation and Human Resources () Bureau of Communication and Public Services () Bureau of Goods and Services Procurement () Bureau of General Affairs () Directorate General of Public Health () Secretariat of Directorate General Directorate of Health Promotion and People Empowerment () Directorate of Nutrition and Mother and Child Health () Directorate of Productive and Elderly Health () Directorate of Mental Health () Directorate of Public Health Governance () Indonesian Institute for Biomedics and Health Genomics () Indonesian Institute for Health Biology () Indonesian Institute for Environmental Health Laboratory () Public Health Laboratories () Indonesian Institute for Public Health Laboratories, Surabaya () Indonesian Institute for Public Health Laboratories, Yogyakarta () Indonesian Institute for Public Health Laboratories, Palembang () Indonesian Institute for Public Health Laboratories, Jakarta () Indonesian Institute for Public Health Laboratories, Banjarbaru () Indonesian Institute for Public Health Laboratories, Makassar I () Indonesian Center for Public Health Laboratories, Palembang () Indonesian Center for Public Health Laboratories, Makassar II () Indonesian Center for Public Health Laboratories, Batam () Indonesian Center for Public Health Laboratories, Magelang () Indonesian Center for Public Health Laboratories, Ambon () Indonesian Center for Public Health Laboratories, Manado () Indonesian Center for Public Health Laboratories, Donggala () Indonesian Center for Public Health Laboratories, Medan () Indonesian Center for Public Health Laboratories, Banjarnegara () Indonesian Center for Public Health Laboratories, Banda Aceh () Indonesian Center for Public Health Laboratories, Papua () Indonesian Station for Public Health Laboratories, Pangandaran () Indonesian Station for Public Health Laboratories, Baturaja () Indonesian Station for Public Health Laboratories, Waikabubak () Indonesian Station for Public Health Laboratories, Tanah Bumbu () Directorate General of Disease Prevention and Control () Secretariat of Directorate General Directorate of Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Control () Directorate of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control () Directorate of Immunization Management () Directorate of Health Surveillance and Quarantine () Directorate of Environmental Health () Directorate General of Health Service () Secretariat of Directorate General Directorate of Referral Health Care () Directorate of Primary Health Care () Directorate of Health Care Governance () Directorate of Health Care Facilities () Directorate of Health Care Quality () Directorate General of Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices () Secretariat of Directorate General Directorate of Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Resilience () Directorate of Pharmaceutical Production and Distribution () Directorate of Pharmaceutical Management and Service () Directorate of Medical Device Production and Distribution () Directorate of Medical Device Supervision () Directorate General of Health Workers () Secretariat of Directorate General Directorate of Health Worker Planning () Directorate of Health Worker Supply () Directorate of Health Worker Utilization () Directorate of Health Worker Quality Improvement () Directorate of Health Worker Supervision and Guidance () Inspectorate General Agency for Health Policies Development () Secretariat Center of Health Provision Policy () Center of Health System Resilience and Health Human Resource () Center of Health Financing and Decentralisation () Center of Global Health and Health Technology Policy () Special Advisor on Health Economics () Special Advisor on Health Technology () Special Advisor on Health Law () Special Advisor on Health Politics and Globalization () Center of Data and Information Technology () Center of Health System and Strategy () Center of Health Crisis () Center of Ministry Civil Service Competence Development ()

The ministry also coordinates two non-ministry government bodies, those are National Agency of Drug and Food Control and National Population and Family Planning Board.

Criticism

COVID-19 The minister of health, Terawan Agus Putranto, often published controversial statements about COVID-19. Terawan was also under fire for his "anti-science" and "arrogant" attitude in leading the COVID-19 crisis in Indonesia. Some epidemiologist conducted research to determine locations around the world that could have undetected cases of the virus imported from abroad. Terawan comments on the study, "In my opinion, the suspicion is too far-fetched. Let Harvard to come here. The door is open for them to see. There is nothing we keep secret." Terawan was criticized for stating that flu is more dangerous than COVID-19 because flu has a higher mortality rate. However, his initial response to the spread of COVID-19, such as the initial recommendation to not wear a mask, is quite aligned with other public health officials around the world including Anthony Fauci of the United States' NIH and general directions from the World Health Organization. In November 2023, the ministry announced the establishment of an academy in Bali aligned with GISAID, the initiative that led the global documentation of the COVID-19 virus sequences. The aim of GISAID Academy will be to focus on focus on bioinformatics education, advance pathogen genomic surveillance, and increased regional response capacity.

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