Prabowo announces his ‘Red and White’ cabinet, Sugiono named Indonesia’s new foreign minister

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s newly sworn-in President Prabowo Subianto on Sunday evening (October 20) announced his cabinet of 48 ministers.

After the presidential gala dinner at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Prabowo revealed that it will be known as the “Red and White Cabinet”.

“By agreement between the leaders of the political parties in our coalition, we call this cabinet the ‘Red and White Cabinet’,” he said on Sunday night.

Although he had a mix of professional and political appointees, most of the ministers related to the economy remained the same as those of his predecessor Jokowi.

An important announcement was made for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which will now be led by Sugiono who goes by a name. ONE A former member of the army’s special forces, he is vice-president of Prabowo’s Gerindra Party.

Rosan Perkasa Roeslani returned as investment minister and Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Erick Thohir retained their respective finance and state-owned enterprise portfolios.

Former army general Prabowo won the February 14 election with almost 60 percent of the vote and has spent the last nine months building a formidable parliamentary coalition.

The list of coordinating ministers and ministers of Prabowo’s “Red and White Cabinet” is as follows:

Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs: Budi Gunawan

Coordinating Minister for Legal Affairs, Human Rights, Immigration and Penitentiaries: Yusril Ihza Mahendra

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs: Airlangga Hartarto

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs: Pratikno

Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development: Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono

Coordinating Minister for Popular Empowerment: Muhaimin Iskandar

Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs: Zulkifli Hasan

Minister of State Secretariat: Prasetyo Hadi

Minister of the Interior: Tito Karnavian

Minister of Foreign Affairs: Sugiono

Minister of Defense: Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin

Minister of Religious Affairs: Nasaruddin Umar

Minister of Law: Supratman Andi Agtas

Minister of Human Rights: Natalius Pigai

Minister of Immigration and Penitentiary Affairs: Agus Andrianto

Finance Minister: Sri Mulyani

Minister of Primary and Secondary Education: Abdul Mu’ti

Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology: Satryo Soemantri Brodjonegoro

Minister of Culture: Fadli Zon

Minister of Health: Budi Gunadi Sadikin

Minister of Social Affairs: Saifullah Yusuf

Minister of Labor: Yassierli

Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Minister/Head of Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI): Abdul Kadir Karding

Minister of Industry: Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita

Minister of Commerce: Budi Santoso

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources: Bahlil Lahadalia

Minister of Public Works: Dody Hanggodo

Minister of Housing and Settlement: Maruarar Sirait

Minister for the Development of Disadvantaged Villages and Regions: Yandri Susanto

Minister of Transmigration: Muhammad Iftitah Sulaiman Suryanagara

Minister of Transport: Dudy Purwagandhi

Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs: Meutya Hafid

Minister of Agriculture: Andi Amran Sulaiman

Minister of Forests: Raja Juli Antoni

Minister of Marine and Fisheries: Sakti Wahyu Trenggono

Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Affairs/Head of the National Land Agency (BPN): Nusron Wahid

Minister of National Development Planning/Head of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas): Rachmat Pambudy

Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform: Rini Widyantini

Minister of State Companies: Erick Thohir

Minister of Population and Family Development/Head of the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN): Wihaji

Minister of the Environment/Head of the Environmental Control Agency: Hanif Faisol Nurofiq

Minister of Investment and Downstreaming/Head of the Investment Coordination Board (BKPM): Rosan Roeslani

Minister of Cooperatives: Budi Arie Setiadi

Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: Maman Abdurrahman

Minister of Tourism: Widiyanti Putri Wardhana

Minister of Creative Economy/Head of Creative Economy Agency (Bekraf): Teuku Riefky Harsya

Minister of Women Empowerment and Child Protection: Arifatul Choiri fauzi

Minister of Youth and Sports: Ario Bimo Nandito Ariotedjo

Below is the list of ministerial-level officials in the cabinet:

Attorney General: Sanitize Burhanuddin

Head of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN): Muhammad Herindra

Head of the Presidential Cabinet: Anto Mukti Putranto

Head of the Presidential Communications Office (PCO): Hasan Nasbi

Cabinet Secretary: Teddy Indra Wijaya

The Cabinet will take office on Monday morning.