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Based on the results of the National Labor Force Survey (Sakernas), in 2016 the Labor Force Participation Rate recorded 2.1 million people or 72.2% and women who worked as much as 57-67%, thus many women became career women (Statistics Center, 2016). Working women has their own dilemma because besides working women also must continue to perform their duties and responsibilities as a mother, one of which is to continue to provide exclusive breastfeeding. Public Support or work environment support is one of the determining factors for the success of exclusive breastfeeding for working mothers, this is because the Government and many companies in Indonesia have not provided full leave allowance but only for up to 3 months. Many companies do not provide special time for their employees to breastfeed or express milk at their workplaces, flexibility in working time and duration of leave affect the success of exclusive breastfeeding. Besides providing space and tools three times better influence in supporting exclusive breastfeeding. The Government has regulated Public Support in Government Regulation No.33 of 2012 paragraph (2) concerning provisions regarding exclusive breastfeeding program support at work carried out in accordance with company regulations between employers and workers / laborers, or through a joint work agreement between trade unions / unions laborer with businessman. In paragraph (3) the management of the workplace is explained and, the organizer of the public facilities must provide special facilities for breastfeeding and / or milking in accordance with the conditions of the companys capabilities. The purpose of this study is to look at how public support for the success of exclusive breastfeeding for working mothers, especially in Yogyakarta City Government. The results of the study show that public support is highly related to the success of exclusive breastfeeding.