Presidential Communication Office

The Presidential Communication Office (, official abbreviation PCO) is a cabinet-level agency tasked to coordinate and deliver presidential messages and communication and to convey official comments on behalf of the president.

This office is replacement for the office of Presidential Spokesperson of the Republic of Indonesia.

This office is the only state agency in Indonesia that using English name rather Indonesian name in official documents. Even inside Indonesia, the office is referred as Presidential Communication Office or its abbreviation, PCO. This is because the request of Hasan Nasbi, that disliked the office he led to be abbreviated and known as ''Kompres.''

ANTARA, Indonesian news agency using PCO to refer the office. Several news publishers also followed ANTARA suits to refer the agency as PCO.

History

In past, since the inception, President of Indonesia relied on his or her presidential spokesperson (or sometime, spokespersons) to convey their message to public. However, the presidential spokesperson often overwhelmed as their office practically only one-man operation with lack of organized human resources, and many things that must be explained to the public.

Last occupant of the Presidential Spokesperson office was Fadjroel Rachman, which was terminated on 26 October 2021, by his appointment as Indonesian Ambassador to Kazakhstan. The office later returned to Joko Widodo.

On 15 August 2024, Joko Widodo signed the Presidential Decree No. 82/2024, forming the formalized agency to organize state spokespersons. This agency actually is result of Prabowo's deal with Joko Widodo administration, making this agency is one of two Prabowo's incoming administration that activated earlier before his administration started.

On 19 August 2024, Hasan Nasbi appointed as Chief of the Presidential Communication Office. He was Prabowo-Gibran campaign spokesperson. He expected that in the future, when the office fully functional during Prabowo's tenure, the office will employ 5 to 6 presidential spokespersons.

As the seed of the office, Deputy IV (Information and Political Communication) of the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Indonesia (KSP) was taken out from the KSP.

Structure

Based on Presidential Decree No. 82/2024, the office consisted of:

* Office of the Chief of the Presidential Communication Office
* Deputy for Communication and Information Material
* Deputy for Dissemination and Information Media
* Deputy for Information Coordination and Communication Evaluation
* Presidential Spokespersons

References

{{Indonesian Government Ministries
2024 establishments in Indonesia
Government agencies of Indonesia