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Protocol Rules for the Ministry of Villages and Disadvantaged Regions: PERMENDESA 6/2026

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Regulatory digest Published 26 October 2026 Machine-drafted

Regulation of the Minister of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions Number 6 of 2026 sets the protocol rules that apply at official events of the Ministry. It was signed in Jakarta by Minister Yandri Susanto on 15 September 2026 and has 21 articles, followed by an annex that sets out the detailed procedures. Under Article 21 it takes effect on the date of its promulgation.

Scope and Definitions

Article 1 defines protocol as the set of activities governing seating arrangements, ceremonial procedure and forms of respect at state events or official events, as a mark of respect to a person according to their office or position in the state, government or society. An official event is one organised by the Ministry in carrying out its functions and attended by the Minister, the deputy minister and Ministry officials.

Under Article 2, protocol applies to official events attended by the Minister or deputy minister and senior executive officials. It covers five matters: seating arrangements, ceremonial procedure, forms of respect, dress, and the arrangement of visits. Official events consist of ceremonies and other events set according to the direction of the Minister or deputy minister.

Article 3 lists who receives protocol treatment: the Minister, the deputy minister, guests of the Minister or the Ministry, and senior executive officials. Guests include government officials, members of the People's Consultative Assembly, the House of Representatives and the Regional Representative Council, regional officials, representatives of foreign states and international organisations, and certain public figures. Protocol for the Minister, the deputy minister, guests and senior officials of the secretariat general is coordinated by the protocol unit of the secretariat general; for heads of other echelon I units it falls to the general affairs unit of each echelon I unit. Article 4 names the officials and staff of the secretariat general who carry out protocol duties.

Key Provisions

Seating. Articles 5 to 8 govern seating arrangements. Guests are seated according to their office or position (Article 5). Officials may be accompanied by a spouse, and Article 6 sets three methods for placing spouses: by office, by grouping men and women, or by a combination of both. When a guest cannot attend, the representative is seated according to the representative's own office, and may be given priority where the representative plays a direct role in the event (Article 7). Order follows rank, with regard to the organiser or host (Article 8).

Ceremonies. Article 10 divides ceremonies into flag ceremonies and other ceremonies. Article 11 lists the occasions for flag ceremonies, including National Awakening Day, Pancasila Day, Independence Day, Pancasila Sanctity Day, Youth Pledge Day and Heroes' Day. Article 12 lists ten kinds of non-flag ceremony, among them swearing-in of officials, the oath of civil servants, the opening and closing of meetings and training, the signing of memoranda of understanding, and funerals of current and former state officials.

Respect, dress and visits. Article 13 provides for honours by the national flag, the national anthem or other forms set by law. Dress follows the invitation issued by the organiser (Article 14), and Article 15 requires adequate clothing facilities for protocol officers at official events. Article 17 divides official visits into monitoring and evaluation visits and attendance at invitations, and requires each official visit to pass through six stages: planning, protocol coordination, site survey, rehearsal, implementation and evaluation.

Supervision, Funding and Revocation

Article 18 assigns supervision of protocol to the senior executive official responsible for protocol, covering staff capacity building and monitoring. Article 19 provides that protocol is funded from the state budget. Article 20 revokes Regulation of the Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Number 20 of 2018 on protocol at that ministry, together with its 2021 amendment, Number 26 of 2021. Like the Investment Ministry's rules on staff performance allowances, it is an internal regulation that applies within a single ministry.

Read the official text of PERMENDESA 6/2026 in the BPK legal database.

Checked against the official text of PERMENDESA 6/2026 on 25 October 2026. This is not legal advice; report corrections to contact@crpg.id.

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