Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Indonesia)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia is a government ministry responsible for the country's foreign politics. The ministry was formerly known as the Department of Foreign Affairs .The name changed due to the new law about State Ministry of 2008 .The ministry is one of the ministries that is mentioned in the Constitution of Indonesia, so the president has no authority to dissolve this ministry, compared to other ministries that are not mentioned in the Constitution of Indonesia.Since October 2014, Retno Marsudi has served as Foreign Minister, succeeding Marty Natalegawa.HistoryThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs was founded in 1945 following the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence from the Netherlands. The headquarters was initially located in the garage of the country's first Foreign Minister, Achmad Soebardjo, at Jl. Cikini 80-82 in Jakarta. The Ministry started with just six employees, including Hadi Thayeb.MinistersThe Foreign Affairs of Indonesia Ministers are as follow:HistoryThe task and duty of Ministry of Foreign Affairs is different from time to time, is as follows:1945–50Their main duty through the aid of diplomacy: Making every effort to gain sympathy and support from international community, building solidarity from partners of various fields through any effort to gain support and acknowledgement upon Indonesia’s independence Conducting conferences and making agreements on:* 1947 – Linggarjati Agreement – acknowledgement upon the Republic of Indonesia, which covered Java and Madura* 1948 – Renville Agreement – acknowledgement upon the Republic of Indonesia, which covered Java and Sumatera* 1949 – Round Table Conference – Indonesia was in the form of Federal State* 1950 Indonesia’s diplomacy has restored the unity of all the regions in the republic of Indonesia by revoking the Round Table Conference. The first five-year period of Indonesia’s independence was a period which decided the struggle to maintain the independence which was a part of the history to decide the character or the nature of Indonesia's foreign policy.