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View all search resultsPresident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo named on Wednesday Saifullah Yusuf, the secretary general of the nation’s largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), to replace Social Affairs Minister Tri Rismaharini, known as Risma, who resigned to focus on campaigning for the November regional election.
President 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.
Outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s reported plan for a cabinet reshuffle, one that might see his former party the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) ousted, is unlikely to happen as analysts warn it would destabilize the transition to his successor's incoming government.
Analysts have suggested that Jokowi’s cabinet shake-up is part of an effort to consolidate power in his final year in office, particularly given concerns about cracks having formed in the cabinet before the election.
Deputy secretary general of the Democratic Party Ossy Dermawan said that although the elder Yudhoyono did not join Agus’ swearing in ceremony as the new agrarian and spatial planning minister and head of the National Land Agency (BPN), he had given his full support for Agus to assume the position.
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