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Indonesia’s president replaced six ministers in a cabinet shakeup on Tuesday, including the health minister who was heavily criticized for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which dragged Southeast Asia’s biggest economy into its worst recession in 22 years.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo sacked Minister of Health Terawan Agus Putranto and replaced him with Budi Gunadi Sadikin, a banker and the deputy minister of state enterprises, to help deal with the pandemic.
With nearly 700,000 coronavirus cases and more than 20,000 COVID-19-related deaths, Indonesia is the country in East Asia that is hardest hit by the pandemic.
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UPDATE 1-Indonesian president picks new health, trade ministers in cabinet shakeup Reuters 12/22/2020
By Stanley Widianto
JAKARTA, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Indonesia s president announced on Tuesday a sweeping reshuffle of his cabinet, including a replacement for a health minister criticised for his perceived mishandling of the country s coronavirus crisis.
President Joko Widodo, known by his nickname Jokowi, said six ministers would be replaced, including in the portfolios of health, trade, tourism and fisheries. The newcomers will be inaugurated on Wednesday.
Outgoing health minister Terawan Agus Putranto, a military radiologist and former personal physician to Jokowi s late mother, has faced public calls to resign over a coronavirus caseload that is among Asia s biggest.