Indonesia appoints new disaster agency head in President Prabowo’s third reshuffle in a month
The latest reshuffle follows one on Oct 1 that saw the appointment of new foreign and industry ministers and eight other senior leaders of agencies and the police force.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto delivers his speech during a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Bogor, Indonesia, on Jan 11, 2025. (Photo: Reuters/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana)
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JAKARTA: Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto on Thursday (Oct 15) appointed a new head for the country’s disaster mitigation agency in his third reshuffle of cabinet members and senior officials in just over a month.
Kristomei Sianturi replaced Suharyanto as chief of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), one of the key agencies currently battling land and forest fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra that have engulfed parts of the region in smoke haze.
Kristomei is an army general who was most recently commander of the Radin Inten Regional Military Command, a post he held from August last year.
The new appointment comes as Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested five suspects in a case involving procurement of goods and services using disaster preparedness funds at BNPB.
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One of the suspects, Bima Setyawan, is the younger brother of Suharyanto, who was appointed BNPB chief in 2021.
Prabowo on Thursday also appointed new deputy defence, agricultural and immigration ministers.
Yusuf Jauhari is the new deputy minister of defence for logistics, defence industry, and technology, while Richard Tampubolon is deputy minister of defence for strategy, doctrine, and force development. Alim Setiawan is the new deputy minister for agriculture, while M Maulana Bungaran is the new deputy minister for immigration.
Prabowo appointed Satyawan Pudyatmoko as the new head of the national peatland and mangrove management agency. He was previously the director-general of natural resources and ecosystem conservation at the forestry ministry.
The president also inaugurated Tandyo Budi Revita as the new army chief-of-staff, who is the de facto army chief.
He replaced Maruli Simanjuntak, who becomes deputy chief of the Indonesian military. Maruli is also head of the national agency for border and remote area management, a new role.
The latest reshuffle follows one on Oct 1 that saw the appointment of new foreign and industry ministers, new coordinating ministers over several portfolios and eight other senior leaders of agencies and the police force.
On Sep 14, Prabowo sacked former finance minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa and appointed his deputy Suahasil Nazara as his replacement.
This is the eighth reshuffle since Prabowo took office on Oct 20, 2024.
Source: CNA/lk
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