List of longest-serving ministers in Indonesia

The list of longest-serving ministers in Indonesia is a list of the longest serving ministers in the cabinets of Indonesia, which have served ten years or longer, sorted by length.

All ministers who had served between the Third Development Cabinet until the Seventh Development Cabinet were mandatorily seated by Suharto as members of the advisory council of the Golkar party.^[1] Bold minister name means the minister is currently serving.

Rank	Image	Name	Duration	Post	Cabinet	Party			Length of tenure	Notes
1		Radius Prawiro	27 August 1964 – 25 July 1966 28 March 1973 – 17 March 1993	Minister of Financial Auditors Department Minister of Central Bank Minister of Trade Minister of Finance Coordinating Minister for Economy, Finance, Industry and Development Supervision	Dwikora I Dwikora II Development II Development III Development IV Development V			Golkar	21 years, 311 days
2		Emil Salim	11 September 1971 – 17 March 1993	Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister of Transportation State Minister of Population and Environment Affairs	Development I Development II Development III Development IV Development V			Golkar	21 years, 180 days
3		Johannes Baptista Sumarlin	28 March 1973 – 17 March 1993	State Minister of State Apparatus Control Minister of National Development Planning Minister of Finance	Development II Development III Development IV Development V			Golkar	19 years, 348 days
4		Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie	29 March 1978 – 11 March 1998	State Minister of Research and Technology	Development III Development IV Development V Development VI			Golkar	19 years, 345 days
5		Ali Wardhana	6 June 1968 – 23 March 1988	Minister of Finance Coordinating Minister for Economic, Financial, Industrial and Development Supervision	Development I Development II Development III Development IV			Golkar	19 years, 292 days
6		Mohammad Jusuf	27 August 1964 – 19 March 1983	Minister of Industry Minister of Trade Minister of Defence	Dwikora I Dwikora II Dwikora III Ampera I Ampera II Development I Development II Development III			Golkar	18 years, 204 days
7		Johannes Leimena	12 April 1946 – 30 July 1953 12 August 1955 – 24 April 1956 9 April 1957 – 25 July 1966	Junior Minister of Health Minister of Health Minister of Social Affairs State Minister Deputy Prime Minister Coordinating Minister for Distribution Affairs	List Sjahrir II Sjahrir III Amir Sjarifuddin I Amir Sjarifuddin II Hatta I Hatta II RUSI Natsir Sukiman Wilopo Burhanuddin Harahap Djuanda Working I Working II Working III Working IV Dwikora I Dwikora II Dwikora III			Parkindo	17 years, 107 days
8		Hamengkubuwono IX	2 October 1946 – 27 April 1951 3 April 1952 – 2 June 1953 6 March 1962 – 8 March 1973	State Minister Minister of Defence Minister/Chairman of Audit Board of Indonesia Deputy Prime Minister Coordinating Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs of Indonesia	Sjahrir III Amir Sjarifuddin I Amir Sjarifuddin II Hatta I Hatta II RUSI Natsir Wilopo Working III Working IV Dwikora I Dwikora II Dwikora III Ampera I Ampera II Development I			Independent	16 years, 269 days
9		Hartarto Sastrosoenarto	19 March 1983 – 20 October 1999	Minister of Industry Coordinating Minister for Production and Distribution Affairs Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform	Development IV Development V Development VI Development VII Development Reform			Golkar	16 years, 215 days
10a		Ginandjar Kartasasmita	19 March 1983 – 27 September 1999	Junior Minister of the Intensification of Consumption of Nationally-made Goods: Minister of Mines and Energy State Minister for National Development Planning Coordinating Minister for Economic, Financial and Industrial Affairs of Indonesia	Development IV Development V Development VI Development VII Development Reform			Golkar	16 years, 192 days
10b		Subroto	11 September 1971 – 21 March 1988	Minister of Manpower, Transmigration and Cooperatives Minister of Mines and Energy	Development I Development II Development III Development IV			Golkar	16 years, 192 days
11		Sudharmono	8 April 1972 – 21 March 1988	State Secretary	Development I Development II Development III Development IV			Golkar	15 years, 344 days
12a		Bustanil Arifin	29 March 1978 – 17 March 1993	Minister of Cooperatives	Development III Development IV Development V			Golkar	15 years, 49 days
12b		Cosmas Batubara	29 March 1978 – 17 March 1993	Minister of Public Housing Minister of Manpower	Development III Development IV Development V			Golkar	15 years, 49 days
13		Harmoko	19 March 1983 – 1 October 1997	Minister of Information Minister of Special Affairs	Development IV Development V Development VI			Golkar	14 years, 193 days
14		Mochtar Kusumaatmadja	22 January 1974 – 21 March 1988	Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of Justice	Development II Development III Development IV			Golkar	14 years, 59 days
15		Purnomo Yusgiantoro	23 August 2000 – 20 October 2014	Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Minister of Defence	National Unity Mutual Assistance United Indonesia I United Indonesia II			Independent	14 years, 58 days
16		Amirmachmud	28 January 1969 – 1 October 1982	Minister of Home Affairs	Development I Development II Development III			Golkar	13 years, 247 days
17		Gerrit Augustinus Siwabessy	27 August 1964 – 29 March 1978	Minister of Atomic Energy Minister of Health	Dwikora I Dwikora II Dwikora III Ampera I Ampera II Development I Development II			Independent	13 years, 213 days
18		Sutami	27 August 1964 – 29 March 1978	State Minister Minister of Public Works	Dwikora I Dwikora II Dwikora III Ampera I Ampera II Development I Development II			Independent	13 years, 212 days
19		Djuanda Kartawidjaja	2 October 1946 – 14 December 1949 20 December 1949 – 30 July 1953 9 April 1957 – 7 November 1963	Minister of Transportation State Minister Minister of Public Works Minister of Defence Prime Minister Minister of Finance First Minister	Sjahrir III Amir Sjarifuddin I Amir Sjarifuddin II Hatta I Hatta II RUSI Natsir Sukiman Wilopo Djuanda Working I Working II Working III			Independent	13 years, 142 days
20		Sri Mulyani Indrawati	21 October 2004 – 20 May 2010 27 July 2016 – present	State Minister of National Development Planning Finance Minister	United Indonesia United Indonesia II Working (2014–19) Onward Indonesia			Independent	5 years, 209 days + 7 years, 300 days^[a]
21		Thojib Hadiwidjaja	6 March 1962 – 27 August 1964 14 October 1967 – 29 March 1978	Minister of Higher Education & Science Minister of Plantations Minister of Agriculture	Working III Working IV Ampera II Development I Development II			Independent	12 years, 337 days
22		Hatta Rajasa	10 August 2001 – 29 September 2004 20 October 2004 – 13 May 2014	State Minister of Research and Technology Minister of Transportation State Secretary Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs	Mutual Assistance United Indonesia I United Indonesia II			PAN	12 years, 252 days
23		Sofyan Djalil	21 October 2004 – 20 October 2009 27 October 2014 – 15 June 2022	Minister of Communications and Informatics State Minister of State Owned Enterprises Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Minister of National Development Planning Minister of Agriculture and Land Planning	First United Indonesia Working (2014–19) Onward Indonesia			Independent	12 years, 230 days
24		Adam Malik	13 November 1963 – 27 August 1964 18 March 1966 – 1 October 1977	Minister of Trade Minister of Foreign Affairs	Working IV Dwikora II Dwikora III Ampera I Ampera II Development I Development II			Murba (until 1967) Golkar	12 years, 118 days
25		Ali Alatas	21 March 1988 – 20 October 1999	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Development V Development VI Development VII Development Reform			Golkar	11 years, 213 days
26		Sarwono Kusumaatmadja	21 March 1988 – 17 March 1998 29 October 1999 – 1 June 2001	Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister of Environment Minister of Marine Exploration	Development V Development VI National Unity			Golkar	11 years, 210 days
27		Sadjarwo Djarwonagoro	21 January 1950 – 6 September 1950 30 July 1953 – 12 August 1955 9 April 1957 – 22 February 1966	Minister of Agriculture Minister of Agrarian Affairs	Halim Ali Sastroamidjojo I Djuanda Working I Working II Working III Working IV Dwikora I			BTI	11 years, 195 days
28a		Maraden Panggabean	9 September 1971 – 19 March 1983	Minister of Defence Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law and Security	Development I Development II Development III			Golkar	11 years, 184 days
28b		Widjojo Nitisastro	9 September 1971 – 19 March 1983	Minister of National Development Planning	Development I Development II Development III			Golkar	11 years, 184 days
29		Akbar Tandjung	21 March 1988 – 10 May 1999	State Minister of Youth and Sports Minister of Public Housing State Secretary	Development V Development VI Development VII Development Reform			Golkar	11 years, 50 days
30		Sumitro Djojohadikusumo	7 September 1950 – 21 March 1951 3 April 1952 – 30 July 1953 12 August 1955 – 24 March 1956 6 June 1968 – 29 March 1978	Minister of Trade and Industry Minister of Finance Minister of Research of Indonesia	Natsir Wilopo Burhanuddin Harahap Development I Development II			PSI (until 1960) Independent	10 years, 281 days
31		Idham Chalid	26 March 1956 – 10 July 1959 24 February 1966 – 28 March 1973	Deputy Prime Minister Minister of People's Welfare	Ali Sastroamidjojo II Djuanda Ampera I Ampera II Development I			NU (until 1973) PPP	10 years, 138 days
32		Soedibjo	1 August 1953 – 14 September 1953 12 August 1955 – 18 January 1956 24 March 1956 – 27 March 1966	State Minister for National Prosperity Minister of Social Affairs Minister of Information Junior Minister for People Mobilization Minister / Secretary General of the National Front State Minister, seconded to the Presidium	Ali Sastroamidjojo I Burhanuddin Harahap Ali Sastroamidjojo II Djuanda Working I Working II Working III Working IV Dwikora I Dwikora II			PSII	10 years, 22 days

Notes

1. As of 22 May 2024

References

1. Halawa, Ohiao (1999). Profil 48 Ketua Umum Parpol RI [Profile of the 48 Chairpersons of the Political Parties in Indonesia] (in Indonesian). Jakarta: NIAS and Kreasi Karya Wiguna. p. 54. Kedua, selama menguasai pemerintahan, secara jelas telah menjadikan lembaga kekuasaan negara sebagai perangkat organisasi Golkar. Presiden adalah Ketua Dewan Pembina. Menteri, Panglima ABRI, dan pimpinan lembaga pemerintahan menjadi anggota Dewan Pembina.