All ministerial candidates capable, says Prabowo

Jakarta (ANTARA) - President-elect Prabowo Subianto has assured that all the ministerial, deputy ministerial, and agency head candidates he summoned to his Jakarta residence on Monday are capable of carrying out their duties well in the next Cabinet.

He said that he has been monitoring the ministerial candidates for quite some time, holding discussions with them, and expressing his wish to make them ministers, deputy ministers, and agency heads.

"Before I invited them here, they had actually stated their willingness to help me. Actually, today I only confirmed. I confirmed, I assured them whether or not they were willing to help me in the areas that I offered them," he informed.

"Alhamdulillah, all of them have stated their willingness," he added after a series of meetings with the candidates at his private residence.

During the one-on-one meetings with a total of 49 ministerial, deputy ministerial, and agency head candidates, Prabowo emphasized the direction of his government's future policies.

"In general, I am satisfied, and the atmosphere (at every meeting) was very good. Everyone understands that we have to work well, work hard as a team in a world full of uncertainty," he said.

On Tuesday (October 15, 2024), he will summon more ministerial and deputy ministerial candidates as well as agency head candidates for a meeting at his residence.

From 3:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Prabowo met with several candidates at his private residence in Kertanegara to discuss their Cabinet assignments.

They included professionals, academics, politicians, bureaucrats, religious figures, high-ranking officials of community organizations, active police officials, as well as former soldiers.


Overall, 49 figures were summoned by Prabowo on Monday:

1. Prasetio Hadi (chairperson of the Gerindra Party)

2. Sugiono (deputy general chairperson of the Gerindra Party)

3. Widiyanti Putri Wardhana (businesswoman)

4. Natalius Pigai (human rights activist)

5. Yandri Susanto (deputy general chairperson of the National Mandate Party/PAN)

6. Fadli Zon (deputy general chairperson of the Gerindra Party)

7. Nusron Wahid (Golkar Party politician)

8. Saifullah Yusuf (secretary general of the Nahdlatul Ulama/Minister of Social Affairs)

9. Maruarar Sirait (Gerindra Party politician)

10. Abdul Kadir Karding (politician from the National Awakening Party, or PKB)

11. Wihaji (deputy general chairperson of the Golkar Party)

12. Teuku Riefky Harsya (secretary general of the Democrat Party)

13. Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (general chairperson of the Democrat Party/Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning Minister)

14. Arifatul Choiri Fauzi (Nahdlatul Ulama)

15. Tito Karnavian (former police chief/Minister of Home Affairs)

16. Zulkifli Hasan (chairperson of the PAN/Minister of Trade)

17. Satryo Soemantri Brodjonegoro (academic)

18. Yassierli (academic)

19. Yusril Ihza Mahendra (Constitutional law expert/Crescent Star Party or PBB politician)

20. Bahlil Lahadalia (chairperson of the Golkar Party/Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources)

21. Abdul Mu'ti (secretary general of the Muhammadiyah)

22. Muhaimin Iskandar (chairperson of the PKB)

23. Raja Juli Antoni (secretary general of the Indonesian Solidarity Party PSI/Deputy Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning)

24. Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita (Minister of Industry)

25. Pratikno (Minister of State Secretary)

26. Iftitah Sulaiman (confidant of former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono)

27. Commissioner General of Police, Agus Andrianto (deputy police chief)

28. Ribka Haluk (acting governor of Central Papua)

29. Maman Abdurahman (Golkar Party politician)

30. Rachmat Pambudy (academic)

31. Hanif Faisol Nurofiq (director general of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry)

32. Erick Thohir (Minister of State-Owned Enterprises)

33. Andi Amran Sulaiman (Minister of Agriculture)

34. Nasaruddin Umar (Grand Imam of the Istiqlal Mosque)

35. Dito Ariotedjo (Minister of Youth and Sports)

36. Budi Gunadi Sadikin (Minister of Health)

37. Sultan Bachtiar Najamudin (chair of the Regional Representatives Council)

38. Raden Dodi Priyono (head of the budget administration section at the Bureau of Budget Planning and Foreign Cooperation/secretary general of the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing)

39. Sakti Wahyu Trenggono (Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries)

40. Budi Santoso (secretary general of the Ministry of Trade)

41. Dudy Purwagandhi (member of the board of commissioners of state-owned electricity company PT PLN)

42. Airlangga Hartarto (Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs)

43. Sri Mulyani Indrawati (Minister of Finance)

44. Veronica Tan (businesswoman and philanthropist)

45. Supratman Andi Agtas (Minister of Law and Human Rights/Gerindra politician)

46. Donny Ermawan Taufanto (acting secretary general of the Ministry of Defense)

47. Rosan Perkasa Roeslani (Minister of Investment)

48. M. Herindra (Deputy Minister of Defense)

49. Meutya Hafid (chairwoman of Commission I of the House of Representatives/Golkar Party politician)