The Ministry of Transmigration of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Kementerian Transmigrasi Republik Indonesia; abbreviated as Kementrans) is an Indonesian government ministry that is responsible for
transmigration affairs. The ministry reports to the president and is currently led by
Muhammad Iftitah Sulaiman Suryanagara, the minister of transmigration.
[Simanjuntak, P. N. H. (2003) (in Indonesian), Kabinet-Kabinet Republik Indonesia: Dari Awal Kemerdekaan Sampai Reformasi, Jakarta: Djambatan, pp. 181–187, ISBN 979-428-499-8.]
History
The ministry has undergone several changes in nomenclature, whether it stood alone, was combined with other ministries or was abolished. The ministry was first established by Indonesian prime minister Djuanda Kartawidjaja in the Djuanda Cabinet. The ministry was then reinstated by Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto in the Red and White Cabinet on October 21, 2024.
Organizational structure
The organizational structure of the Ministry consists of:
# General Secretariat;
# Directorate General of Construction and Development of Transmigration Areas;
# Directorate General of Economic Development and Community Empowerment Transmigration;
# Inspectorate General;
# Expert Staff for Development, Society and the Environment; And
# Expert Staff for Political and Legal Affairs.
List of Ministers
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Ferdinand Lumban Tobing (1958–1959)
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Achmadi Hadisoemarto
Major Genderal TNI ( Purn.) Achmadi Hadisoemarto (EYD: Akhmadi Hadisumarto; 5 June 1927 – 2 January 1984) was an Indonesian soldier and politician.
Biography
At the age of 14 he moved from his hometown of Ngawi to Surakarta. Then at the a ...
(1959–1962; 1963–1964)
#Achadi (1964–1966)
#Sujono Suparto (1966)
#Sarbini (1967–1971)
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Subroto Subrata (Hindi/ Sanskrit: सुव्रत, Odia: ସୁବ୍ରତ Bengali: সুব্রত), also Subroto (Read and written as by Bengalis and Javanese) or Subrata/Subrat/Shubrat/Subroto/Suvrat (Read and Written as by Odias), is a common n ...
(1971–1973)
#Martono (1983–1988)
#Soegiarto (1988–1993)
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Siswono Yudohusodo
Siswono Yudo Husodo (born 4 July 1943) is an Indonesian politician and businessman who was the Minister of Transmigration and Minister of Public Housing during the New Order era. He was a vice presidential candidate in the 1999 presidential vot ...
(1993–1998)
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A. M. Hendropriyono
General (Ret.) Abdullah Mahmud Hendropriyono ( ; born 7 May 1945) is a retired honorary general from Kopassus, the Indonesian Army special forces group. Hendropriyono was the first head of Indonesia's State Intelligence Agency (BIN), and was gen ...
(1998–1999)
#Al Hilal Hamdi (1999–2000)
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M. Iftitah Sulaiman (2024–present)
References
See also
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Transmigration program
The transmigration program ( id, , from Dutch, ''transmigratie'') was an initiative of the Dutch colonial government and later continued by the Indonesian government to move landless people from densely populated areas of Indonesia to less p ...
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Transmigration
Internal migration