Jokowi Picks Gojek Founder Makarim as Indonesia Education Minister 

Bloomberg

Published Oct 23, 2019 11:06

Updated Oct 23, 2019 12:26

Jokowi Picks Gojek Founder Makarim as Indonesia Education Minister 

(Bloomberg) -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo unveiled a list of 38 ministers and cabinet rank officials with Gojek co-founder Nadiem Makarim named as the new education minister.

Jokowi, as the president is commonly known, included five women in the cabinet, including Sri Mulyani Indrawati as the finance minister and Retno Marsudi as the foreign minister. Other notable inclusions were Airlangga Hartarto as the coordinating minister for economy, Luhut Pandjaitan as the coordinating minister for maritime affairs and investment and Jokowi’s challenger in the 2019 and 2014 elections Prabowo Subianto as the defense minister.

Here’s the complete list of cabinet members named by Jokowi on Wednesday for the 2019-24 period: