Jokowi cabinet shakeup: Erick Thohir uploads a photo with Sandi and M. Lutfi

Bisnis.com, JAKARTA – State Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Minister Erick Thohir uploaded a personal photo from an old archive. Exceptionally, in the photo there are faces of Sandiaga Uno and Muhammad Lutfi. Erick also spoke about the appointment of the two partners after the announcement. remodeling Cabinet of President Joko Widodo.

As is well known, President Joko Widodo appointed six new ministers to the Forward Indonesia cabinet post. Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno occupies the position of Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, replacing Wishnutama Kusubandio. Meanwhile, M. Lutfi, returned to his post a few years ago as Minister of Commerce replacing Agus Suparmanto.

Through photos Old School Uploaded to his official Instagram account @erickthohir, Erick Thohir expressed his desire to be able to work together with his two friends as when he was young.

In the portrait on social networks, in addition to Erick Thohir, Sandiaga Uno and M Lutfi, there is also Sandiaga Uno’s wife, Nur Asia Uno. The three young entrepreneurs had studied together in the United States. Erick had the idea to retake the old photo in the current condition it was in in the Advanced Cabinet of Indonesia.

“I think it’s great to recreate this photo with Bang @sandiuno and Mas Lutfi. Previously dating, working together, now helping Mr. @jokowi,” Erick wrote on his Instagram account @erickthohir quoted on Tuesday (12/22/2020 ). ).

As is known, the friendship of Erick Thohir and Sandiaga Uno has been established since Primary School (SD). Their union continued until they finally studied abroad.

Although there were different universities at the time, the same interest in pursuing business degrees made Sandiaga Uno and Erick Thohir inseparable.

Erick Thohir, son of businessman Teddy Thohir, obtained his Master of Business Administration (Master of Business Administration) from the National University of California, USA. Meanwhile, Sandiaga Uno, the son of host Mien Uno, is studying at George Washington University.

Erick Thohir, at the end of October 2020, Laku had revealed that the friendship between the two was also getting closer because they had fought together.

“The beginning of the friendship is not about business but because of a fight. But it cannot be continued. This is wrong,” he said, on Wednesday (10/28/2020).

The public also recognized the closeness of the two, even though they had been opponents in the 2019 presidential election. At the time, Sandi was running as Cawapres along with Prabowo Subianto. On the other hand, Erick is the president of the winning team of Jokowi-Ma’ruf Amin.

The appointment of Sandiaga Uno and M. Lutfi was conveyed directly by President Jokowi at a press conference held together with Vice President Ma’ruf Amin at the Palace on Tuesday afternoon (12/22).

The figure of M. Lutfi is not alien to the government. Although he had just assumed the position of Indonesian ambassador to the United States, M. Lutfi returned to be Minister of Commerce. The position he once held during the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.