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National scene: Surya Chandra appointed as BKKBN head

Health Minister Nila Moeloek inaugurated on Tuesday Surya Chandra Surapaty as the head of the National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN), replacing his predecessor, Fasli Jalal

The Jakarta Post
Jakarta
Wed, May 27, 2015

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National scene: Surya Chandra appointed as BKKBN head

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ealth Minister Nila Moeloek inaugurated on Tuesday Surya Chandra Surapaty as the head of the National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN), replacing his predecessor, Fasli Jalal.

'€œToday we installed a new BKKBN head. As we know, this post has been vacant for eight months, since Oct. 1, 2014,'€ she said as quoted by Antara news agency on Tuesday.

Since the position was vacant for such a long time, the minister said a lot of work that was strategic in accelerating progress toward achieving Indonesia'€™s family planning and population control program targets, including family development programs, could not run well.

'€œWith the new BKKBN head, I hope the implementation of the demography, family planning and family development program can run faster,'€ she said.

Prior to his selection, Surya was a member of the House of Representatives from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P). Since 2009, he served as a member of House of Representatives Commission IX overseeing health, demography, labor and transmigration affairs.

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