Budi Arie Setiadi, a deputy minister for villages, becomes Kominfo minister, relacing Johnny G. Plate, who is now under investigation for corruption.
As reported by The Straits Times, as part of the reshuffle, NezarPatria – a co-founder of Jakarta-based news portalviva.co.id and an editor at The Jakarta Post – was appointeddeputy communications and information minister.
Filling Budi’s old position is Professor Paiman Raharjo,rector of the Jakarta-based Moestopo Beragama University, who is also anadviser in a state-owned gas company.
Meanwhile, the President reassigned Pahala Nugraha Mansury,who previously served as deputy minister of state-owned enterprises (SOE), asthe new deputy minister for foreign affairs. Rosan Roeslani, IndonesianAmbassador to the US, is filling Pahala’s old post./.