The National Economic Council () is an Indonesian government economic advisory council that advises the President on strategic economic policy formulation and recommendation. The council is led by a chairman, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, since .
First established on November 30, 1999 under the leadership of President Abdurrahman Wahid. However, this institution was disbanded through Presidential Decree No. 122/P of 2000 in less than a year of its operation on September 1, 2000.<reF></ref>
On October 20, 2024, the National Economic Council was re-established by President Prabowo Subianto with institutional status at the same level as a ministry based on Presidential Decree No. 139/P of 2024.
Despite originating from the former Coordinating Ministry of Maritime and Investment Affairs, the council does not coordinate technical ministries like coordinating ministry. The council only produces presidential studies containing strategic economic policy formulations and recommendations reserved for the president's eyes only. The coordination of economic affairs is done by the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, except fiscal and monetary which are the domains of the Ministry of Finance.
Despite secretive nature of the work of the council, National Economic Council also produced unclassified working papers for public release under name of DEN Working Papers series.
The First National Economic Council (1999âÂÂ2000) members was:
The Second National Economic Council (2024âÂÂ) members are:
As of October 21, 2024, National Economic Council is led by Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, a retired TNI officer and former minister under the leadership of Abdurrahman Wahid and Joko Widodo.
Based on Presidential Decree No. 160/2024 and as expanded with National Economic Council Decree No. 1/2024, the National Economic Council is organized into the following:
To assist the work of the council, Ministry of the State Secretariat also provide the council a secretariat office under the ministry, National Economic Council Secretariat, thru Ministry of the State Secretariat Decree No. 10/2024.
Not including the general staffs that working in the council' daily administration, The Professional Staffs (Tenaga Profesional) are the council staffs that performing research and analysis for the council. They work directly under the coordination of the executive directorate. By National Economic Council Decree No. 1/2024, the number of the professional staffs are limited to 72, can be sourced from government employees or not. The professional staffs consist of: