This research aims to understand the interests of Indonesia to become a Member of the Council in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) during the leadership of President Joko Widodo (2014-2019), Indonesia's maritime policy has essentially begun since the 1960s under President Soekarno's leadership, and maritime policy Indonesia continues in every leadership change that focuses its orientation on maritime sovereignty, but during Joko Widodo's leadership the maritime policy focus on the Maritime Policy Axis, the authors use content analysis methods by collecting information related references where taken by books, journals, and the Internet. This research shows that national interests are the most influencing Indonesian maritime policy during Joko Widodo's leadership by being involved in the International Maritime Organization (IMO), so that Indonesia's presence in IMO shows that there are 3 factors of national interest, namely: sovereignty interests, security interests and economic interests maritime affairs.