Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana

The National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure, abbreviated as BNPB, is the Indonesian board for natural disaster affairs. It was established in 2008 to replace the National Disaster Management Coordinating Board ( or Bakornas PB). BNPB is directly responsible to the President of Indonesia and the chairman is directly appointed by the President. History On 20 August 1945, the Indonesian government established the Agency for Assisting Families of War Victims (; abbreviated as BPKKP) and its focus was to assist the war victims and their respective families during the Indonesian National Revolution. In 1966, the government established the advisory board of Central Natural Disaster Management (; abbreviated as BP2BAP) through the Presidential Decree Number 256 of 1966. The board was responsible to the Minister of Social Affairs. A year later, the Cabinet Presidium through Decree number 14/U/KEP/I/1967, established the National Coordination Team for Disaster Management (; abbreviated as TKP2BA). Bakornas PB was established in 1979 to replace the Advisory Board for Natural Disasters, which was established in 1966. The organization in form of the current BNPB was established in 2008, in accordance to Presidential Decree 8 of 2008.