The following is a list of the Minister of Tourism of Indonesia. Initially, the nomenclature of this position was included in the Minister of Land Transportation, Post and Telecommunications. Then in the Revised Dwikora Cabinet (1966), this position was separated into the Minister of Tourism, first held by Hamengkubuwana IX. However, in the same year, precisely on July 25, 1966, this position was abolished, along with the end of the Second Revised Dwikora Cabinet.
Then in 1983 in the Fourth Development Cabinet under Suharto presidency, this position was held again with the name Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications, held by Achmad Tahir.
This position has changed its name several times. In 1998, it changed its name to Minister of Tourism, Art, and Culture. Two months later after the reformation event, this ministerial position became a non-departmental minister under Habibie presidency, with the name Minister of State for Tourism, Art and Culture.
In 1999, under President Abdurrahman Wahid, this position changed its name to Minister of State for Tourism and Art. In 2001, in the Mutual Assistance Cabinet under Megawati Sukarnoputri, the cultural nomenclature was included in this position, so the name of the position changed to State Minister of Culture and Tourism.
In 2004 under Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono presidency, the position of this minister returned to the position of minister of department with the name of Minister of Culture and Tourism. Then in 2011, the term Department was replaced with the term Ministry. Yudhoyono also returned the nomenclature of Culture to the Ministry of Education. While the nomenclature of Creative Economy was added to Ministry of Tourism.
In 2014 under Joko Widodo presidency, the creative economy nomenclature was separated into a non-ministerial government agency, the Creative Economy Agency. The name of this position was again the Minister of Tourism. Five years later in 2019, the creative economy nomenclature was merged back into the Ministry of Tourism, so that the position was renamed the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy.
In 2024 under Prabowo Subianto presidency, the creative economy nomenclature was separated again into a separate ministry, so that it became 2 ministries, namely the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Creative Economy.
NoPortraitNamePoliticalpartyCabinetTook officeLeft officeNoteMerged to Minister of Transport, Post, Telecommunication and TourismWorking III 6 March 196213 November 1963Simanjuntak, P. N. H. (2003), Kabinet-Kabinet Republik Indonesia: Dari Awal Kemerdekaan Sampai Reformasi (Cabinets of the Republic of Indonesia: From the Beginning of Independence to the Reforms Era) (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Djambatan, pp. 181–187, ISBN 979-428-499-8.Working IV13 November 196327 August 1964 Dwikora I 27 August 1964 24 February 1966 1Hamengkubuwono IX IndependentDwikora II24 February 196627 March 1966Dwikora III 31 March 196625 July 1966Position was removed, from Ampera Cabinet to Third Development Cabinet 2 Achmad Tahir Golkar Development IV 19 March 1983 21 March 1988 3 Susilo Sudarman Golkar Development V 21 March 1988 17 March 1993 4 Joop Ave Golkar Development VI 17 March 1993 14 March 1998 5 Abdul Latief Golkar Development VII 16 March 1998 20 May 1998 6 Marzuki Usman IndependentDevelopment Reform Cabinet23 May 199827 September 1999 —Giri S. Hadihardjono(ad-interim) Golkar1 October 199920 October 1999 7 Hidayat Jaelani IndependentNational Unity 29 October 1999 23 August 2000 Merged to Minister of Culture and Tourism 23 August 2000 23 July 2001 Mutual Assistance 10 August 200120 October 2004 United Indonesia21 October 200420 October 2009United Indonesia II 22 October 2009 19 October 2011 8 Mari Elka Pangestu Independent 19 October 2011 20 October 2014 9 Arief Yahya Independent Working 27 October 2014 20 October 2019 10 Wishnutama IndependentOnward Indonesia 23 October 2019 23 December 2020 11Sandiaga Uno Gerindra23 December 2020 20 October 2024 United Development 12 Widiyanti Putri Independent Red and White 21 October 2024 Incumbent
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See also Cabinet of Indonesia Ministry of Tourism Ministry of Cultural Affairs Ministry of Creative Economy