Politics

President Prabowo Subianto has appointed Meutya Viada Hafid as the Minister of Communications & Digital (a new name of the Minister of Communications & Informatics/ICT), a portfolio previously occupied by Budi Arie Setiadi, the leader of Projo, a volunteer...

Yandri Susanto, the Deputy Chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN), has been appointed by President Prabowo Subianto as the new Minister of Villages, a portfolio previously controlled by PKB. Yandri is not alone in leading the Ministry of Villages since he will be assisted by Vice Minister Ahmad Riza Patria, a key leader of Prabowo’s Gerindra Party.

Police Commissioner General Agus Andrianto has been appointed as the Minister of Immigration and Correctional Services, a new portfolio under Prabowo-Gibran’s administration. Prior to that, Agus served as the Deputy Chief of the National Police (Wakapolri).

President Prabowo Subianto has appointed Lt. Gen. (ret) Anto Mukti (AM) Putranto as the new Chief of the Presidential Staff Office (KSP), a position previously occupied by former Military Commander (Panglima TNI) General (ret) Moeldoko. Let’s get to know AM Putranto.

Major Teddy Indra Wijaya, the adjutant of President Prabowo Subianto, has been appointed as the new Cabinet Secretary, a position traditionally given to a senior and seasoned politician. So, it is interesting to see Prabowo appoint Teddy, who is only 35 years old, as his Cabinet Secretary.

Pretty much as predicted, President Prabowo has also expanded the vice minister positions into 56, where some ministries have two to three vice ministers. Ministry of state-owned enterprises, for example, will have three vice ministers, including one former special staff of Jokowi. The list of high-ranking officials will grow longer when the president installing leaders of new agencies this week. 

President Prabowo Subianto has on Sunday (Oct 20) announced his cabinet lineup consisting of seven coordinating ministers, 41 ministers, and five ministerial level directly reporting to the president. Some names have finally been confirmed, including Erick Thohir at SOEs, Bahlil at energy & mineral resources, Rosan at investment (whilst with add-on development of downstream industries). 

Sugiono, a trusted aide of President-elect Prabowo Subianto, will become the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Sugiono is another alumnus of the SMA Taruna Nusantara within Prabowo’s inner circle.

Prasetyo Hadi, one of Prabowo Subianto’s trusted aides, will become the Minister of State Secretary. Hadi is one of the alumni of the SMA Taruna Nusantara within the inner circle of Prabowo. He might be like Jokowi’s Pratikno, so everybody should closely watch.

Rachmat Pambudy, Prabowo Subianto’s right-hand man in the Indonesian Farmers Association (HKTI), will reportedly become the Minister of National Development Planning (Bappenas). Rachmat will replace Suharso Monoarfa, a former Chairman of the Islamic Party PPP.