List of ministers of tourism (Indonesia)

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

In 2014 under Joko Widodo presidency, the creative economy nomenclature was separated into a non-ministerial government agency, the Creative Economy Agency.^[3] The name of this position was again the Minister of Tourism.^[4] 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.^[5]

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.^[6]

No	Portrait	Name	Political party		Cabinet	Took office	Left office	Note
Merged to Minister of Transport, Post, Telecommunication and Tourism					Working III	6 March 1962	13 November 1963	[7]
					Working IV	13 November 1963	27 August 1964
					Dwikora I	27 August 1964	24 February 1966
1		Hamengkubuwono IX		Independent	Dwikora II	24 February 1966	27 March 1966	[note 1][A]
					Dwikora III	31 March 1966	25 July 1966	[note 2]
Position was removed, from Ampera Cabinet to Third Development Cabinet
2		Achmad Tahir		Golkar	Development IV	19 March 1983	21 March 1988	[B]
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	[C]
6		Marzuki Usman		Independent	Development Reform Cabinet	23 May 1998	27 September 1999	[D]
—		Giri S. Hadihardjono (ad-interim)		Golkar		1 October 1999	20 October 1999
7		Hidayat Jaelani		Independent	National Unity	29 October 1999	23 August 2000	[E]
Merged to Minister of Culture and Tourism					23 August 2000	23 July 2001	[F]
					Mutual Assistance	10 August 2001	20 October 2004
					United Indonesia	21 October 2004	20 October 2009	[G]
					United Indonesia II	22 October 2009	19 October 2011
8		Mari Elka Pangestu		Independent		19 October 2011	20 October 2014	[H]
9		Arief Yahya		Independent	Working	27 October 2014	20 October 2019	[A]
10		Wishnutama		Independent	Onward Indonesia	23 October 2019	23 December 2020	[H] [note 3]
11		Sandiaga Uno		Gerindra		23 December 2020	20 October 2024	[H][note 3]
				United Development
12		Widiyanti Putri		Independent	Red and White	21 October 2024	Incumbent	[A][8]

Minister name

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