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.
Here’s the complete list of cabinet members named by Jokowi on Wednesday for the 2019-24 period:
Ministers | Portfolios |
---|---|
Sri Mulyani Indrawati | Finance |
Basuki Hadimuljono | Public Works and Housing |
Nadiem Makarim | Education & Culture |
Airlangga Hartarto | Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs |
Luhut Pandjaitan | Coordinating Ministry for Maritime & Investment |
Syahrul Yasin Limpo | Agriculture |
Prabowo Subianto | |
Defense | |
Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita | Industry |
Juliari Batubara | Social Affairs |
Siti Nurbaya Bakar | Environment and Forest |
Suharso Monoarfa | Planning |
Edhy Prabowo | Maritime & Fisheries |
Mahfud MD | Coordinating ministry for security |
Wishnutama Kusubandio | Tourism and Creative Industry |
Erick Thohir | State-owned Enterprises |
Ida Fauziah | Manpower |
Abdul Halim Iskandar | Villages |
Budi Karya Sumadi | Transportation |
Fachrul Razi | Religious Affairs |
Yasonna H. Laoly | Law |
Sofyan Djalil | Agrarian and Spatial Planning |
Moeldoko | Chief of Staff |
Tjahjo Kumolo | Administrative & Bureaucratic Reforms |
Bahlil Lahadalia | Investment Coordinating Board |
Zainudin Amali | Youth & Sports |
Bambang Brodjonegoro | Technology & Research |
Pratikno | State Secretariat |
Pramono Anung | Cabinet Secretariat |
Johnny G. Plate | Communications |
Retno Marsudi | Foreign |
Arifin Tasrif | Energy & Mineral Resources |
Agus Suparmanto | Trade |
I Gusti Ayu Bintang Darmawati | Women & Child Protection |
Teten Masduki | Cooperative & SME |
Terawan Agusputranto | Health |
Tito Karnavian | Home Affairs |
Muhadjir Effendy | Coordinating Ministry for Human Development & Culture |
ST Burhanuddin | Attorney 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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