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By Karlis Salna, Viriya Singgih, and Arys Aditya

October 20, 2019 at 9:06 AM UTC

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October 21, 2019 at 6:48 AM UTC

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s new cabinet is taking shape with some well-known business figures set to join his team as he pledges to put the world’s fourth most-populous country on path to become a $7 trillion economy by 2045.

The president, who was sworn in for a second and final five-year term in office on Sunday, is widely expected to include professionals, key opposition figures and industrialists to his cabinet.