Profiles

Pramono Anung will soon be sworn in as the new Governor of Jakarta after the General Election Commission (KPU) announced him and his running mate Rano Karno as winners of the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election. Let’s get to know more about Pramono, who has a potential to become a contender in 2029 presidential election should he perform well in Jakarta.

Lt. Gen. Tri Budi Utomo, who is known very close to Jokowi, the predecessor of President Prabowo Subianto, has been appointed as the new secretary general of the Defense Ministry. Tri replaces Vice Air Marshal Donny Ermawan Taufanto, who is now the Vice Minister of Defense.

Maj. Gen. Ariyo Windutomo has just been sworn in as the new chief of the Presidential Secretariat. Ariyo, who graduated from the Military Academy (Akmil) in 1996, replaces Heru Budi Hartono, one of the closest and trusted aides of Jokowi, Prabowo Subianto’s predecessor.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati suprised everybody when she accepted the offer to remain serving as Minister of Finance (MoF) under the new administration of Prabowo Subianto. Unlike in the previous administration of Jokowi, many believe that Sri Mulyani will have smaller influence in the cabinet this time. But again, Sri Mulyani is still worth highlighting.

President Prabowo Subianto appointed three vice ministers of Foreign Affairs. They are Anis Matta, Armanatha Nasir, and Arif Havas Oegroseno. These three vice ministers are assisting the new Minister of Foreign Affairs Sugiono, who is Prabowo’s trusted aide and deputy chairman of Prabowo’s Gerindra Party.

Suntana, a retired three-star police general, has been appointed by President Prabowo Subianto as Vice Minister of Transportation. Suntana is assisting the new Minister of Transportation Dudy Purwagandhi, who is CEO of PT Jhonlin Air Transport, a subsidiary of Jhonlin Group owned by businessman Andi Syamsuddin Arsyad a.k.a Haji Isam.

President Prabowo Subianto appointed his expert staffers at the Defense Ministry Bambang Eko Suhariyanto and Juri Ardiantoro, who are known close to his predecessor Jokowi, as the two vice ministers of State Secretary. Bambang and Juri are assisting Prasetyo Hadi, the new Minister of State Secretary and a politician from Prabowo’s Gerindra Party.

President Prabowo Subianto appointed Rini Widyantini as the new Minister of State Apparatus & Bureucracy Reform (MenPAN-RB), a position occupied by Abdullah Azwar Anas (PDIP) in the previous administration. With the appointment, Rini becomes the first woman ever to serve as the MenPAN-RB in the history of the country.