TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Prabowo swears in ITB professor as new science minister in first reshuffle
The President has installed an ITB deputy rector as science minister to replace a predecessor whose brief four-month stint in the role had been marked by notoriety through controversial policies, which at least one observer noted could have eventually led to a decline in public approval.
Change text size
Gift Premium Articles
to Anyone
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed!
Brian Yuliarto (left) shakes the hand of President Prabowo Subianto at the State Palace in Jakarta on Feb. 19, 2025, following his inauguration as the higher education, science and technology minister to replace Satryo Soemantri Brodjonegoro. (Antara/Hafidz Mubarak A.)
I
n the first cabinet reshuffle of his administration, President Prabowo Subianto has appointed Brian Yuliarto as his new higher education, science and technology minister to replace Satryo Soemantri Brodjonegoro, who had landed in hot water due to a series of controversial policies.
During an inauguration ceremony on Wednesday at the State Palace in Central Jakarta, Prabowo swore in Brian, deputy rector of research and innovation and professor of nanotechnology at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), to succeed the scandal-ridden Satryo.
After the ceremony, Brian told reporters the President’s office had contacted him about his new ministerial role that morning.
“I have been asked to [start] work immediately to consolidate efforts to support Mr. President’s programs,” he added.
Read also: Protests at higher education ministry end as minister retracts dismissal of subordinate
Following a handover meeting on Wednesday afternoon at the higher education ministry in Senayan, Jakarta, Brian declined to name his priority programs, only saying vaguely that he would be focusing on “strategic programs in Prabowo’s Asta Cita program, such as producing high-quality manpower”.
“The ministry holds a strategic position in driving industry and launching research and innovation,” the new minister said in a televised interview.
