Politics

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.

Media mogul Surya Paloh, the Chairman of Nasdem Party, was among high-profile figures in Indonesian politics that were present in a doctorate promotion of Bahlil Lahadalia, the Chairman of Golkar Party and the current Minister of Energy & Mineral Resources (ESDM), held at the University of Indonesia (UI) on Wednesday (Oct. 16)—a topic of discussion over the net about credibility of the process. In the sideline of the event, Paloh only gave a brief statement, but it is truly worth highlighting regardless.

It is confirmed that those (49 people) summoned by president elect Prabowo Subianto on Monday (Oct 15) are minister candidates. Vice minister candidates, meanwhile, were summoned on Oct 16. By far, around 17 ministers from Jokowi’s cabinet are retained, whilst some swapping portfolios or getting ‘promotion’ as coordinating ministers.

All questions about the future of Police General (ret) Budi Gunawan, former Chief of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN), have been answered with his presence at the private residence of President-elect Prabowo Subianto in Hambalang, Bogor, West Java on Wednesday (Oct. 16). Budi Gunawan was there along with the other minister candidates in a briefing held by Prabowo.