Attorney General of Indonesia

Attorney General of Indonesia Jaksa Agung
Incumbent Muhammad Prasetyo since 20 November 2014
Cabinet-level official
Seat	Jakarta
Appointer	President of Indonesia with confirmation by the People's Representative Council
First holder	Gatot Taroenamihardja

The Attorney General of Indonesia (Jaksa Agung Republik Indonesia) is the competent authority to advise the Government of Indonesia on matters of law.^[1] The Attorney General represents the government at the Supreme Court of Indonesia and is a Cabinet-level official. The office is not part of the Justice Department, however, as the cabinet has its own Law and Human Rights department (Kementerian Hukum dan Hak Asasi Manusia) with a separate Minister of Law and Human Rights (Menteri Hukum dan Hak Asasi Manusia) that focuses on more technical matters and regulation making rather than executing the Supreme Court's order.

The Attorney General is also a Solicitor General. Thus, the Attorney General can represent the Government in the Supreme Court. The Attorney General has the power to indict and prosecute outlaws and law breakers. The term of office of the Attorney General was determined by the Constitutional Court of Indonesia in 2010 to be concurrent with the term of office of the President of Indonesia.^[2] The current Attorney General of Indonesia of Indonesia is HM Prasetyo, who assumed office in 2014.

List of Attorneys General

^{† Died in office}

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