JakartaPost-Oct 22, 2024
President Prabowo Subianto has officially sworn in a new cabinet of more than 100 members, which includes his loyalists and the allies of former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, the father of Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, making it the country’s largest cabinet in decades. The new head of state first announced his cabinet lineup on Sunday evening, some 11 hours after the oath-taking ceremony. In two back-to-back ceremonies at the Presidential Palace on Monday, Prabowo officially swore in 48 ministers, 58 deputy ministers and five other heads of ministerial-level agencies in the cabinet. The 111 appointees feature a mix of Prabowo’s loyalists and reappointees from the administration of his predecessor Jokowi, comprising a diverse group of politicians, technocrats, businessmen and former military generals. Prabowo reappointed nearly half of Jokowi’s Indonesia Maju (Indonesia Onward) cabinet members, most of whom are economic-related ministers who will continue their role in the new administration, such as Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto, Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia and State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir. Sri Mulyani, Jokowi’s finance minister during his decade of presidency, will also continue her duty under Prabowo’s leadership, making her the first person to hold the position under three different presidents. Read more at: https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2024/10/22/prabowo-presents-largest-cabinet-in-decades.html.
