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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – State Enterprise Minister (BUMN) Erick Thohir ‘acted fast’ after President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) appointed six ministers and five deputy ministers at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta, on Wednesday (12/23/2020).
Erick coordinated with the Minister of Commerce Muhammad Lutfi, the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno and the Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Bahlil Lahadalia at the BUMN Ministry office.
In a message received by CNBC Indonesia, Erick said the meeting aimed to accelerate investment, maintain economic growth and create job opportunities.
Meanwhile, on his official Instagram account, the former president of the 2018 Asian Games Organizing Committee said the meeting was also a time to recreate photos from 31 years ago. However, there is something different where Sandiaga Uno’s wife, Nur Asia Uno, was replaced by Bahlil.
One thing is for sure, there are similarities between the four, namely that they have both been members of the Indonesian Entrepreneurs Association (Hipmi). Bahlil was the Chairman of BPP Hipmi from 2016-2019.
Jokowi appointed Sandiaga and Lutfi as ministers on Wednesday (12/23/2020). Sandiaga was appointed deputy governor of DKI Jakarta in October 2017, so he had only served for about 10 months.
He accompanied Anies Baswedan to winning the DKI Pilgub 2017 in the second round by defeating current partner Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) -Djarot Saiful Hidayat.
During the 2019 presidential election contest, he resigned as lieutenant governor after 10 months in office. He stepped forward to join Prabowo Subianto as the 2019 vice presidential candidate. He also chose to step down as lieutenant governor. Prabowo-Sandi lost to Jokowi-Ma’ruf in the event.
Meanwhile, Lutfi has been appointed several times to important positions, including that of president of commerce (February 14 and October 20, 2014) previously. The husband of former model Bianca Adinegoro last served as Indonesian ambassador to the United States.
Lutfi has a long professional career. The man who was born in 1969 to the couple Firdaus Wadjdi and Suhartini began his career as an entrepreneur. He and some of his colleagues, namely Erick; Wishnu Wardhana; and Harry Zulnardy, took the initiative to establish the Mahaka Group.
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