Repeal of Civil Servant Study Permit Rules: PERMENESDM 2/2026

The Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has revoked a 2009 ministerial regulation that set the internal procedures for civil servant education permits and academic credential recognition. The official subject of the new instrument, Ministerial Regulation Number 2 of 2026, is the Pencabutan Peraturan Menteri ESDM Nomor 09 Tahun 2009 tentang Pedoman Pelaksanaan Izin Belajar, Ujian Kenaikan Pangkat Penyesuaian Ijazah, dan Pencantuman Gelar (Repeal of Ministerial Regulation Number 09 of 2009 on Guidelines for the Implementation of Study Permits, Rank-Promotion Examinations for Diploma Adjustment, and the Recording of Academic Degrees for Civil Servants of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources). The regulation was signed by Minister Bahlil Lahadalia on 13 January 2026 and ordered to be placed in the State Gazette for 2026.

Issue

The repealed regulation, Permen ESDM 09/2009, provided the implementing guidelines for three personnel matters affecting civil servants (Pegawai Negeri Sipil) within what was then the Department of Energy and Mineral Resources. It governed study permits (izin belajar) for staff pursuing further education, the rank-promotion examination tied to diploma adjustment (ujian kenaikan pangkat penyesuaian ijazah), and the formal recording of academic degrees (pencantuman gelar) in personnel records. Together these functions connected an employee's continued education to recognition within the civil service grading and promotion structure, allowing staff who obtained a higher qualification to have it acknowledged for purposes of rank and title.

The 2009 instrument was issued when the energy portfolio operated as a department under the older nomenclature used before later structural and naming changes. In the intervening years, the legal framework for civil service administration in Indonesia was substantially rebuilt, and ministry-specific guidance issued under the earlier arrangements increasingly sat alongside newer, centrally administered rules.

Key Provisions

Pasal 1 revokes Permen ESDM 09/2009, which appeared in the State Gazette for 2009 at Number 112, and declares it no longer valid (dicabut). The article withdraws the 2009 guidelines in full rather than amending individual clauses, so the procedures for study permits, the diploma-adjustment promotion examination, and degree recording established under that instrument cease to have legal effect once the repeal takes hold.

Pasal 2 provides that the regulation enters into force on the date of its promulgation (mulai berlaku) and directs that it be placed in the State Gazette so the repeal is publicly known. The regulation contains only these two operative articles and includes no transitional clause preserving the 2009 procedures for applications or examinations already under way at the time of repeal.

Implications

With the 2009 guidelines withdrawn, study permits, credential-based promotion, and degree recording for civil servants in the energy and mineral resources sector are no longer governed by a dedicated instrument issued at the ministry level. Personnel matters of this kind in Indonesia are addressed through the national civil service framework, including the legislation on the State Civil Apparatus (Aparatur Sipil Negara) and the implementing rules administered by the central personnel authorities. Removing a standalone ministerial guideline leaves these procedures to be handled under those broader national rules rather than under a sector-specific text dating from 2009.

Because the repeal carries no transitional provision, the regulation does not state on its face how requests filed under the 2009 procedure are to be treated after the date of entry into force. Matters of that nature would fall to be managed under the general administrative and civil service rules that apply across government.

Regulatory Context

Repeal regulations such as PERMENESDM 2/2026 are short instruments whose legal work is limited to ending the effect of an earlier text. Their function is to keep the body of ministerial regulation aligned with current law by removing provisions that have been overtaken by newer frameworks or that no longer fit the structure of the ministry. The promulgation of this regulation closes the 2009 guidelines and records that closure in the State Gazette, completing the formal step required to give the repeal effect.

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