'REVOLUSI MENTAL' TO BUILD THE CHARACTER OF BUREAUCRATS IN INDONESIA

‘Revolusi mental' is an important agenda of the Indonesian present government, that was initially proposed by Joko Widodo in his presidential campaign in 2014, aimed to build the nation's character, notably by establishing qualified model of public service. It is based on the notion that the national building may not be able to succeed if relying solely on institutional reforms without having to revamp the human or the nature of those who run this system. Bureaucracy is the main target of the mental revolution because it has a strategic role and function in the implementation of national goals. The low performance of bureaucracy in public service becomes one of the obstacles in achieving the development goals. Hence, to improve the performance of bureaucracy in the public service sector it is necessary to revolutionize the bureaucratic mentality. Mental revolution movement in bureaucratic system in the public service is aimed at changing the mindset of bureaucracy to really serve the public interests. The change in the work culture is really necessary because the public service in Indonesia has since decades been attributed with incompetent, wasteful, slow and corrupt. Hence, Joko Widodo as new elected president attempted to reform the work culture of bureaucratic sector characterized by responsive, simple, competent, and clean. The success of the mental revolution of bureaucracy associated with public services, will be a marker, reminders, and drive the mind to be productive in the development, for the realization of the ideals of bureaucratic services.