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Jokowi Picks Gojek Founder Makarim as Indonesia Education Minister 

Jokowi Picks Gojek Founder Makarim as Indonesia Education Minister 

(Bloomberg) -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo unveiled a list of 38 ministers and cabinet rank officials with Gojek co-founder Nadiem Makarim named as the new education minister.

Jokowi, as the president is commonly known, included five women in the cabinet, including Sri Mulyani Indrawati as the finance minister and Retno Marsudi as the foreign minister. Other notable inclusions were Airlangga Hartarto as the coordinating minister for economy, Luhut Pandjaitan as the coordinating minister for maritime affairs and investment and Jokowi’s challenger in the 2019 and 2014 elections Prabowo Subianto as the defense minister.

Jokowi Picks Gojek Founder Makarim as Indonesia Education Minister 

Here’s the complete list of cabinet members named by Jokowi on Wednesday for the 2019-24 period:

MinistersPortfolios
Sri Mulyani IndrawatiFinance
Basuki HadimuljonoPublic Works and Housing
Nadiem MakarimEducation & Culture
Airlangga HartartoCoordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs
Luhut PandjaitanCoordinating Ministry for Maritime & Investment
Syahrul Yasin LimpoAgriculture
Prabowo Subianto
Defense
Agus Gumiwang KartasasmitaIndustry
Juliari BatubaraSocial Affairs
Siti Nurbaya BakarEnvironment and Forest
Suharso MonoarfaPlanning
Edhy PrabowoMaritime & Fisheries
Mahfud MDCoordinating ministry for security
Wishnutama KusubandioTourism and Creative Industry
Erick ThohirState-owned Enterprises
Ida FauziahManpower
Abdul Halim IskandarVillages
Budi Karya SumadiTransportation
Fachrul RaziReligious Affairs
Yasonna H. LaolyLaw
Sofyan DjalilAgrarian and Spatial Planning
MoeldokoChief of Staff
Tjahjo KumoloAdministrative & Bureaucratic Reforms
Bahlil LahadaliaInvestment Coordinating Board
Zainudin AmaliYouth & Sports
Bambang BrodjonegoroTechnology & Research
PratiknoState Secretariat
Pramono AnungCabinet Secretariat
Johnny G. PlateCommunications
Retno MarsudiForeign
Arifin TasrifEnergy & Mineral Resources
Agus SuparmantoTrade
I Gusti Ayu Bintang DarmawatiWomen & Child Protection
Teten MasdukiCooperative & SME
Terawan AgusputrantoHealth
Tito KarnavianHome Affairs
Muhadjir EffendyCoordinating Ministry for Human Development & Culture
ST BurhanuddinAttorney General

To contact the reporters on this story: Viriya Singgih in Jakarta at vsinggih@bloomberg.net;Arys Aditya in Jakarta at aaditya5@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Thomas Kutty Abraham at tabraham4@bloomberg.net, Rieka Rahadiana, Yoga Rusmana

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