[1] The National Defense Institute was established on 20 May 1965, based on Government Regulation No.

[2][3] The idea of the formation of the agency is to create an educational institute in defense to prepare and develop future national leaders (civil servants and military officers) in the context of political strategy and national defense.

[4] In 1994, this agency was renamed into National Resilience Institute and placed directly under the Minister of Defense and Security.

[7] Since 2016, the National Resilience Institute is regulated by Presidential Decree No.

98/2016 on the Nasional Resilience Institute, Lemhannas has the task of assisting the President in:[8] Article 3 of Presidential Decree No.