This ministry/Bekraf was formed by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in the Red and White Cabinet.

In the Working Cabinet, President Joko Widodo then formed the Creative Economy Agency through Presidential Regulation Number 6 of 2015.

[2] In the next government period, Joko Widodo changed the name of this institution to the Tourism and Creative Economy Agency.

199/2024 outlined, is the planning, regulating, and decision-making of the creative economy policies in Indonesia.

200/2024 outlined, the agency had the role of executioner and controlling the implementation of the creative economy policies in Indonesia.