Attorney General's Office of Indonesia

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Office of the Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia
Kejaksaan Agung
Republik Indonesia
Insignia of the Attorney Office of the Republic of Indonesia.svg
ST Burhanuddin Jaksa Agung.jpg
Incumbent
Sanitiar Burhanuddin
since October 2019
Cabinet-level official
SeatJakarta
AppointerPresident of Indonesia with confirmation by the People's Representative Council
Term lengthran concurrently with the President who appointed them to the office
Formation19 August 1945
as a department within the Ministry of Justice
First holderGatot Taroenamihardja
Websitewww.kejaksaan.go.id

The Office of the Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia, or Kejaksaan Agung Republik Indonesia is the competent authority to advise the Government of Indonesia on matters of law.[1] It serves as the central organization for the Indonesian Public Prosecution Service (Kejaksaan Republik Indonesia). The Attorney General's Office is seated in the national capital Jakarta.

The Office is headed by the Attorney General of Indonesia, who have the authority to represent the government at the Supreme Court of Indonesia and is a Cabinet-level official. The Office is not part of any justice portfolio or the Judiciary, however, as the cabinet has its own Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kementerian Hukum dan Hak Asasi Manusia) with a separate Minister of Law and Human Rights (Menteri Hukum dan Hak Asasi Manusia) that focuses on more technical matters and regulatory role making rather than executing the Supreme Court's order.

The Attorney-General also functions as a Solicitor General. Thus, the Attorney-General can represent the Government in the Supreme Court. The Attorney-General has the power to indict and prosecute alleged criminals. The term of office of the Attorney General was determined by the Constitutional Court of Indonesia in 2010 to be concurrent with the term of office of the President of Indonesia.[2] The current Attorney General of Indonesia Sanitiar Burhanuddin, who assumed office in October 2019.

Organization[]

The Attorney-General's Office headed the entire Indonesian Public Prosecution Service, with a nation-wide jurisdiction. Subordinated directly under it is the Office of the High Prosecutors, based in the provincial capital, with province-wide jurisdiction.[3][4][5]

Leadership[]

  • Attorney General (Jaksa Agung), heads the Indonesian Public Prosecution Service, guide the Service's duties and authorities.
  • Vice Attorney General (Wakil Jaksa Agung), assists the Attorney General, represents the Attorney General in their absence, and execute other duties tasked by the Attorney General.

Leadership Support[]

  • Deputy Attorney General on Guidance Affairs (Jaksa Agung Muda Bidang Pembinaan), which oversee planning, procurement and construction, organization management, human resources, finances, state assets management, legal opinions, legal drafting, international cooperation, public service, and other technical supports.
  • Deputy Attorney General on Intelligence Affairs (Jaksa Agung Muda Bidang Intelijen), which oversee intelligence of investigations, security, promotion to prevent and repress crime, travel bans, and public peace and order.
  • Deputy Attorney General on General Criminal Affairs (Jaksa Agung Muda Bidang Tindak Pidana Umum), which oversee pretrials, additional investigations, indictments, legal actions, executions of court orders and sentencing, examinations and observations over paroles and other legal actions of general crimes.
  • Deputy Attorney General on Special Criminal Affairs (Jaksa Agung Muda Bidang Tindak Pidana Khusus), which oversee investigations, pre-indictments, additional investigations, indictments, legal actions, executions of court orders and sentencing examinations and observations over paroles and other legal actions of special crimes.
  • Deputy Attorney General on Civil and State Administrative Affairs (Jaksa Agung Muda Bidang Perdata dan Tata Usaha Negara), which oversee law enforcement, legal assistance, legal opinions, and other legal actions toward the state or the government, which includes state institutions, central and regional government institutions, state- and regional-owned enterprises in civil and state administration cases, in order to secure and restore national assets and wealth, protect state and government honor, and provide public legal assistance.
  • Deputy Attorney General on Military Criminal Affairs (Jaksa Agung Muda Bidang Pidana Militer), which oversee technical cooperation for the purpose of indictments of military personnel with the military prosecutors (Oditurat), as well as on the civil-military judicial connection affairs.
  • Deputy Attorney General on Oversight (Jaksa Agung Muda Bidang Pengawasan), which oversee planning, execution, and control of oversight over the Service's performance and internal finances, and oversight duties over certain matters by the Attorney General's orders.
  • Education and Training Agency (Badan Pendidikan dan Pelatihan), which oversee prosecutors' professional education and training.
  • Expert Staffs (Staf Ahli), who advice the Attorney General over matters of expertise.
  • Central Agencies (Pusat), which consists of:
    • Research and Development Center (Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan)
    • Legal Information Center (Pusat Penerangan Hukum)
    • Data, Crime Statistics, and Information Technology Center (Pusat Data, Statistik Kriminal, dan Teknologi Informasi)
    • Asset Recovery Center (Pusat Pemulihan Aset)

List of attorneys general of Indonesia[]

Attorneys General Term in Office Notes
Portrait Name Term start Term end Term length
Gatot taroenamihardja.gif Gatot Taroenamihardja 19 August 1945 22 October 1945 65 days
Kasman Singodimedjo Jaksa Agung.gif 8 November 1945 6 May 1946
Tirtawinata.gif 22 July 1946 1951
R soeprapto.gif Suprapto 1951 1959
Gatot taroenamihardja.gif Gatot Taroenamihardja

(interim)

1 April 1959 22 September 1959
Goenawan.gif Goenawan 31 December 1959 1962
R kadaroesman.gif 1962 1964
Agustinus Sutardhio Mimbar Indonesia October 1964 Cover (cropped).jpg 1964 1966
Sugiharto.jpg 1966 1973
Ali Said - Fourth Development Cabinet.jpg Ali Said 4 April 1973 18 February 1981
Ismail Saleh - Fourth Development Cabinet.jpg Ismail Saleh 18 February 1981 30 May 1984
Indonesia Attorney General Hari suharto.gif 4 June 1984 19 March 1988
Sukarton marmosujono.gif † 19 March 1988 29 June 1990
Singgih.gif 3 August 1990 14 March 1998
Indonesia Attorney General Soedjono Chanafiah.gif 20 March 1998 15 June 1998
Andi Ghalib Jaksa Agung.gif Andi Muhammad Ghalib 15 June 1998 14 June 1999
Ismudjoko

(Interim)

14 June 1999 20 October 1999
Marzuki darusman.JPG Marzuki Darusman 29 October 1999 1 June 2001
Baharuddin Lopa.gif Baharuddin Lopa† 6 June 2001 3 July 2001
Suparman

(Interim)

4 July 2001 9 July 2001
Marsillam Simanjuntak.gif Marsillam Simanjuntak 10 July 2001 9 August 2001
Suparman

(Interim)

10 August 2001 14 August 2001
Ma rachman.gif 14 August 2001 21 October 2004
Indonesia Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh.gif Abdul Rahman Saleh 21 October 2004 9 May 2007
Hendarman Supandji.jpg Hendarman Supandji 9 May 2007 24 September 2010
Jaksa Agung Darmono.jpg Darmono

(Interim)

24 September 2010 26 November 2010
Indonesian Attorney General Basrief arief.jpg Basrief Arief 26 November 2010 20 October 2014
Andhi Nirwanto.jpg Andhi Nirwanto

(Interim)

21 October 2014 20 November 2014
H.M. Prasetyo.jpg Muhammad Prasetyo 20 November 2014 21 October 2019
Arminsyah.jpg Arminsyah

(Interim)

21 October 2019 23 October 2019
ST Burhanuddin Jaksa Agung.jpg Sanitiar Burhanuddin 23 October 2019 Incumbent 2 years, 151 days
† Died in office

Buildings of the attorney general's office[]

The Hoggerechtshof te Batavia building (left) next to the Paleis van Daendels overlooking the Waterlooplein. Currently, both structure were within the Finance Ministry complex.

The Attorney General's Office began at a time when the authority to prosecute and to adjudicate were unseparated. Its first office were shared with the first Supreme Court building complex in 2-4 Lapangan Banteng Timur street, nearby the Waterloosplein (now Lapangan Banteng, Jakarta). The building were previously used as the Hoggerechtshof te Batavia (an appellate court named the High Court of Batavia, now High Court of Jakarta), and currently it is occupied and managed by the Ministry of Finance, who also occupied and managed the Paleis van Daendels building next door.[6]

The Hoggerechtshof building that were designed by architect Ir. Tramp and completed in 1825 during governor general Du Bus' tenure, were initially used as the headquarters of the Governors General of the Dutch East Indies. Then on 1 May 1848, the building were used by the recently established Departement van Justitie (Department of Justice), which oversaw the court system and the administration of justice in the colony. Sometimes later, the classical style building with six pillars on the front were fully used as the Hoggerechtshof, which included the prosecutor's office.[6]

Throughout the early Indonesian independence period, the prosecutor's office remained attached to the court in Jakarta, which through the Government Edict No. 9/1946, established Jakarta — and by extension the Hoggerechtshof building — as the seat of the Indonesian Supreme Court. Through the 1947 Act on the Organization and Authority of the Supreme Court and the Attorney General's Office (Indonesian: Undang-Undang Nomor 7 Tahun 1947 tentang Susunan Organisasi dan Kekuasaan Mahkamah Agung dan Kejaksaan Agung), it reaffirmed the relation between the supreme court and the attorney general's office.[7]

Main building of Attorney General's Office of Indonesia after the 2020 Fire.

Later with the promulgation of the 1961 Public Prosecution Service Act (Indonesian: Undang-Undang Nomor 15 Tahun 1961 tentang Ketentuan Pokok Kejaksaan), the attorney general's office were separated from the supreme court. In 1968 during the tenure of Attorney General Soegih Arto, the Office were moved out from the Supreme Court building to a site in 1 Sultan Hassanuddin street in Kebayoran Baru, which is its current site.[8]

On 22 August 2020, the main building of the Attorney General's office complex caught on fire, and are still under renovation.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "indonesia.go.id". Archived from the original on 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  2. ^ Global Legal Monitor
  3. ^ "PERPRES No. 15 Tahun 2021 tentang Perubahan Kedua atas Peraturan Presiden Nomor 38 Tahun 2010 tentang Organisasi dan Tata Kerja Kejaksaan Republik Indonesia [JDIH BPK RI]". peraturan.bpk.go.id. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  4. ^ "PERPRES No. 29 Tahun 2016 tentang Perubahan Atas Peraturan Presiden Nomor 38 Tahun 2010 Tentang Organisasi Dan Tata Kerja Kejaksaan Republik Indonesia [JDIH BPK RI]". peraturan.bpk.go.id. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  5. ^ "PERPRES No. 38 Tahun 2010 tentang Organisasi dan Tata Kerja Kejaksaan Republik Indonesia [JDIH BPK RI]". peraturan.bpk.go.id. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  6. ^ a b ASH. "Dari Warisan Kolonial ke Tanah Bekas". hukumonline.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  7. ^ "UU No. 7 Tahun 1947 tentang Susunan dan Kekuasaan Mahkamah Agung dan Kejaksaan Agung [JDIH BPK RI]". peraturan.bpk.go.id. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  8. ^ "Sejarah Gedung Utama Kejagung Diresmikan Soegih Arto, Terbakar Di Era ST Burhanuddin - REQnews.com". www.reqnews.com (in Indonesian). 2020-08-22. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  9. ^ Media, Kompas Cyber (2020-10-24). "5 Temuan soal Kebakaran Gedung Kejaksaan Agung, dari Penyebab hingga Tersangka Halaman all". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2022-03-01.


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