Attorney General of Indonesia
The Attorney General of Indonesia is the competent authority to advise the Government of Indonesia on matters of law. 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 with a separate Minister of Law and Human Rights 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. The current Attorney General of Indonesia Sanitiar Burhanuddin, who assumed office in October 2019.
