State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi said the government was still weighing candidates to replace Erick and that a caretaker might be appointed in the interim.

Erick had served as SOEs minister since his 2019 appointment by then-president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. His transfer fills a post that had been vacant for a week in what marked Prabowo’s first major cabinet reshuffle.

“A definitive SOEs minister has not been named, because we are still searching for a successor following Pak Erick’s move to the Youth and Sports Ministry,” Prasetyo told reporters after the inauguration, adding that a temporary replacement could come from among the three deputy ministers currently in office.

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The SOEs Ministry has three deputy ministers: Kartika “Tiko” Wirjoatmodjo, Dony Oskaria and Aminuddin Ma’ruf. Dony currently also doubles as chief operating officer at Danantara, leaving only Kartika and Aminuddin fully focused on ministerial duties.

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Prasetyo dismissed speculation that the vacancy could accelerate plans to fold the SOEs Ministry into state asset fund Danantara, noting that the idea existed but was not currently under consideration.

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