Cabinet size will add to challenges in Indonesia

Significance The following day, he swore in more than 100 ministers, officials of minister-level rank and deputy ministers. These include several individuals reappointed to their posts, such as Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati. There are numerous independent appointees, such as Sri Mulyani, as well as party representatives. Impacts Boosting Indonesia’s socio-economic indicators will be a priority for the administration. Uncertainty will grow over the budgetary capacity for the project to relocate the capital to Nusantara, a city under construction on Borneo. Global political and economic uncertainties will make at least some of the government’s key goals harder to realise.