Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Indonesia)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Kementerian Luar Negeri
Seal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Gedung Pancasila, part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' building complex.
Ministry overview
Formed	19 August 1945; 78 years ago (1945-08-19)
Jurisdiction	Government of Indonesia
Headquarters	Pejambon 6 Central Jakarta, Jakarta Capital Region, Indonesia
Motto	Caraka Bhuwana (Envoy of the nation to the world)
Employees	3,349 Civil Service employees[1]
Annual budget	$549.2 million (FY 2019) [2]
Minister responsible	Retno Marsudi, Minister
Website	www.kemlu.go.id

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Kementerian Luar Negeri Republik Indonesia) or commonly known by its abbreviation Kemlu, is an Indonesian government ministry responsible for the country's foreign politics and diplomacy. The ministry was formerly known as the Department of Foreign Affairs (Indonesian: Departemen Luar Negeri Republik Indonesia, abbreviated as Deplu) until 2008 when the nomenclature changed with the enactment of the 2008 State Ministry Act (Undang-Undang Nomor 39 Tahun 2008 tentang Kementerian Negara).^[3]

Ministry of Foreign Affairs is one of three ministries, along with Ministry of Defense and Ministry Home Affairs, that is explicitly mentioned in the Constitution of Indonesia, hence the president has no authority to dissolve the ministry.

According to Article 8 of the Constitution, in case that both the president and the vice president can no longer serve at the same time, the line of succession temporarily falls to a troika of minister of foreign affairs, minister of home affairs, and minister of defense who would govern concurrently until the succeeding President and Vice President are elected by the People's Consultative Assembly within thirty days of the posts' vacancy.^[4]

Since October 2014, Retno Marsudi has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, succeeding Marty Natalegawa.