I used to hang out together, now I work together

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN), Erick Thohir, uploaded a photo of himself with Sandiaga Uno and Muhammad Luthfi when he was young, through his personal Instagram @erickthohir.

Sandiaga is currently appointed by President Joko Widodo to become Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy.

He replaced Wishnutama Kusubandio.

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Meanwhile, Muhammad Lutfhi was appointed by the Head of State to become Minister of Commerce. He replaced Agus Suparmanto.

In the caption Erick uploaded, he said the three were friends “hanging out” together.

“I think this is great recreate this photo with @sandiuno and Mas Lutfi? “We used to hang out together, work together, now help Pak @jokowi together,” Erick wrote on his Instagram account, @erickthohir, on Tuesday (12/22/2020).

Sandiaga is a politician from the Gerindra Party, a former president of the Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs Association and also a former contender for Joko Widodo-Ma’ruf Amin in the 2019 elections.

Sandiaga will replace Wishnutama Kusubandio, who was inaugurated as Menparekraf by Jokowi on October 23, 2019.

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Meanwhile, Muhammad Lutfi was head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM).

The man who was born on August 16, 1969, also served as the Minister of Commerce under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) in 2014.

Additionally, Muhammad Lutfi was Indonesian Ambassador to Japan from 2010 to 2013.

Most recently, he served as Ambassador to the United States last September.