Indonesia’s Prabowo appoints new foreign minister
Arrmanatha Nasir is a career diplomat who was Indonesia’s former permanent representative to the United Nations in New York
Prabowo in a cabinet reshuffle named as foreign minister, the ministry’s former permanent representative to the United Nations in New York, with the outgoing Sugiono appointed Human Development minister.
The appointment of Nasir, who was Sugiono’s deputy, is expected to mark a shake-up at the ministry.
It comes after Prabowo sacked his finance minister, Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, on September 14, replacing him with his deputy, Suahasil Nazara, which investors welcomed as a move that could help restore confidence in the US$1.5 trillion G20 economy after months of uncertain policymaking.
