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Sri Mulyani signals Prabowo nephew to remain in Finance Ministry after transition
“Please look after my deputy minister Pak, he’s the one who will carry on,” Sri Mulyani told lawmakers on Wednesday.
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Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati (left) talks with Deputy Finance Ministers Thomas Djiwandono (center) and Suahasil Nazara (right), the ministry secretary-general Heru Pambudi (second left), the ministry's fiscal policy agency head Febrio Nathan Kacaribu (second right) and the ministry's State Wealth Director General Rionald Silaban (third left) after a press briefing at the Finance Ministry building in Jakarta on July 18, 2024. (Antara/Aditya Pradana Putra)
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inance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has signalled that her deputy Thomas “Tommy” Djiwandono will likely remain in the ministry after president-elect Prabowo Subianto takes office on Oct. 20.
In her closing statement for a meeting on Wednesday with the House of Representative’s Commission XI, which oversees financial affairs, Sri Mulyani pointed her right elbow at Tommy and said: “Please look after my deputy minister Pak, he’s the one who will carry on,” with an air of playfulness.
However, she refrained from elaborating on what she exactly meant by that -- whether Tommy would continue as the deputy minister or take up the mantle in the next administration.
Tommy is Prabowo’s nephew. He is the son of Soedradjad Djiwandono, who married Prabowo’s sister Biantiningsih Miderawati Djiwandono. His father was a central bank governor in the 1990s during the New Order era and is currently the general treasurer of Prabowo’s own Gerindra Party.
Tommy was sworn in to his post on July 18 and said in his inaugural speech that his appointment “showed the continuity” between the outgoing and incoming governments.
Dolfie Othniel Frederic Palit, deputy chair of House Commission XI answered with an equal light-heartedness: “Bu minister’s closing [statement] is as if we’re not going to have another meeting with Bu minister”.
Dolfie who is also an Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician continued, “We still have two more meetings [together]”, and the room was filled with laughter.
