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Indonesia s Jokowi announces second Cabinet reshuffle in 4 months
Indonesia s President Joko Widodo speaking at the Jakarta Merdeka Palace on Feb 5, 2021. (Photo: Presidential Secretariat Press Bureau/Lukas)
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JAKARTA: Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo reshuffled his Cabinet on Wednesday (Apr 28), after parliament approved his plan to reorganise several agencies while creating a new investment ministry.
This was his second Cabinet reshuffle in just over four months.
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Jokowi, as the president is popularly known, announced that Mr Bahlil Lahadalia will head the newly created Investment Ministry. Mr Lahadalia is the current head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM). He will continue to lead the coordinating board concurrently.
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