Ministry of Youth and Sports (Indonesia)

The institutional milestones that deal with youth and sports development have actually existed since the early days of Indonesian independence. In the first Cabinet structure formed on August 19, 1945. The presidential cabinet had a Ministry of Education led by Minister Ki Hajar Dewantoro. Sports and physical education activities were under the minister of education. The first cabinet, which was less than three months old, was later replaced by the parliamentary Cabinet II under the leadership of Prime Minister Sutan Sjahrir who was inaugurated on November 14, 1945.^[1]

In 1999–2004, during the National Unity Cabinet and the Mutual Assistance Cabinet, the Ministry of Youth and Sports was merged into the Ministry of Education and Culture so that youth and sports affairs were only managed by the echelon I structure, namely the Directorate General of Non-Formal Education, Youth, and Sports. When President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono came to power, the Ministry of Youth and Sports was re-established in 2004.^[1]

According to Presidential Decree No. 187/2024 and as expanded by the Ministry of Youth and Sports Decree No. 1/2025, the organizational structure of the Ministry consists of:^[2]

• Office of the Ministry of Youth and Sports
• Office of the Deputy Ministry of Youth and Sports
• Office of Ministry Secretariat
  • Bureau of Planning, Performance Management, and Data
  • Bureau of Public Relations and Protocols
  • Bureau of Human Resources and Organization
  • Bureau of Legal Affairs and Cooperations
  • Bureau of Finance and General Affairs
• Deputy for Youth Services
  • Assistant Deputy for Youth Services Systems and Strategies
  • Assistant Deputy for Central and Regional Youth Fostering
  • Assistant Deputy for Youth Enterprises and Youth Private Institutions Fostering
  • Assistant Deputy for Scout Transformation, Youth Organizations, and Youth Communities
  • Assistant Deputy for Global Youth Development
• Deputy for Sports Culture
  • Assistant Deputy for Educational Sports
  • Assistant Deputy for Public Sports
  • Assistant Deputy for Special Sports
  • Assistant Deputy for Personnel and Organizations for Sports Cultivation
• Deputy for Sports Achievement Improvement
  • Assistant Deputy for Young Athletes Fostering Centers
  • Assistant Deputy for Elite Sportsmen
  • Assistant Deputy for Personnel and Organizations for Sports for Achievement
  • Assistant Deputy for Infrastructures and Facilities for Sports for Achievement
• Deputy for Sports Industry Development
  • Assistant Deputy for Sport Tourism
  • Assistant Deputy for Professional Sports
  • Assistant Deputy for Sport Service Management, Infrastructures, and Facilities
  • Assistant Deputy for Global Sport Promotion and Partnership
• Inspectorate
• Board of Experts
  • Senior Expert to the Minister for Youth and Sports Innovation
  • Senior Expert to the Minister for Youth and Sports Regulation
  • Senior Expert to the Minister for Bureaucratic Transformation and Governance
  • Senior Expert to the Minister for Central, Regional, and International Relations