Jokowi Taps Indonesian CEOs, Envoy to U.S. as Deputy Ministers
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The chief executives of a state-owned bank and mining company were among a dozen deputy ministers appointed by Indonesian President Joko Widodo to assist his newly-appointed cabinet.
Kartika Wirjoatmodjo, president director of PT Bank Mandiriand Budi Gunadi Sadikin, chief executive of state mining company PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium were made deputy ministers in the state-owned enterprise ministry, which is headed by business tycoon Erick Thohir. Mahendra Siregar, the ambassador to the U.S., was named as a deputy foreign minister.