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Jokowi installs Prabowo loyalists in cabinet shake-up for smooth transition
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President Joko “Jokowi“ Widodo (center) and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin (second right) pose for a group photo with cabinet ministers and other ministerial-level officials while visiting a lake in Nusantara, East Kalimantan, on Aug. 12, 2024, before the first cabinet meeting in the planned future capital city. (Antara/Sigid Kurniawan)
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resident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has brought more loyalists into his cabinet and has replaced ministers he perceives as disloyal, a move analysts say aims to smooth the transition to the administration of president-elect Prabowo Subianto.
Two months before leaving office, Jokowi removed Yasonna Laoly of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) from his position as law and human rights minister on Monday and replaced him with Supratman Andi Agtas of Prabowo’s own Gerindra Party. Supratman previously served as chair of the House of Representatives Legislation Body (Baleg).
The PDI-P had been Jokowi’s political vehicle for two decades, but he parted ways with the party after tacitly endorsing his rival-turned-ally Prabowo as his successor and enabling his eldest son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, to run as Prabowo’s running mate against PDI-P candidate Ganjar Pranowo in February’s presidential election.
Another minister with ties to the PDI-P, Arifin Tasrif, was removed from his post as energy and mineral resources minister. He has been replaced by Bahlil Lahadalia, previously the investment minister. Unlike Yasonna, Arifin is not a member of the PDI-P but is connected to the party.
Bahlil is widely seen as a Jokowi loyalist, and he assisted in Prabowo’s presidential campaign earlier this year. In place of Bahlil, Jokowi installed Prabowo’s campaign manager, Rosan Roeslani, as the new investment minister.
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Also on Monday, the President appointed Angga Raka Prabowo, a Gerindra politician and a close associate of Prabowo, as the new deputy communications and information minister, adding a second deputy ministerial post to the communications ministry.
