Audit Board of Indonesia


The Audit Board of Indonesia is a high state body which is responsible for evaluation of management and accountability of state finances conducted by the central Government of Indonesia, local governments, Bank Indonesia, state-owned enterprises, the Public Service Board, and institutions or other entities which manage state finances.

History

The body was initially established under the name National Supervision Board at Magelang, Central Java during the United States of Indonesia period on 28 December 1946. The Board currently functions under the latest revision to the laws governing it dating to 2006. The Board has increasingly tackled environmental issues, revealing in 2014 that the Ciliwung River had been polluted by seventeen separate companies, submitting its report to the police.
As of 2015, the Audit Board of Indonesia was chairing the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions' Working Group on Environmental Auditing.
In 2016, Board chairman Harry Azhar Azis was implicated in the Panama Papers due to a previously registered blank company which he hadn't reported. Azis claimed that the company was merely a registered name on paper which he had started for his oldest daughter, but then sold to someone else after his appointment as Board chairman in December 2014.

Chair of the Audit Board

The following people have held the position of Chair of the Audit Board since 1947.
NameBeginEnd
R. Soerasno19471949
R. Kasirman19491957
Abdul Karim Pringgodigdo19571961
I Gusti Ketut Pudja19611964
Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX19641966
Dadang Suprayogi19661973
Umar Wirahadikusumah19731983
M. Jusuf19831993
J. B. Sumarlin19931998
Satrio Budihardjo Joedono19982004
20052009
20092014
20142014
Harry Azhar Azis20142017
20172019
2019present

Powers

The Board is the highest body within the Indonesian government in terms of state financial accountability and management. Their work ranges from the national to local levels, and they have offices in every province in Indonesia.