Onward Indonesia Cabinet

The Onward Indonesia Cabinet (Indonesian: Kabinet Indonesia Maju) is the current cabinet of Indonesia. It was announced by President of Indonesia Joko Widodo on 23 October 2019.[1] The president has so far reshuffled the cabinet on two occasions, first in December 2020 and then in April 2021.

Onward Indonesia Cabinet Kabinet Indonesia Maju
41st Cabinet of Indonesia
Indonesian Government (Executive Branch)
Date formed	23 October 2019
People and organisations
Head of state	Joko Widodo
Head of government	Joko Widodo
No. of ministers	34 Ministers, 15 Deputy Ministers
Member parties	Government Parties Coalition: Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle Golkar Party Gerindra Party Nasdem Party National Awakening Party National Mandate Party United Development Party Indonesian Solidarity Party Perindo Party
Status in legislature	Coalition: DPR seats 471 / 575 Opposition: DPR seats 104 / 575
Opposition parties	Democratic Party and Prosperous Justice Party
History
Election(s)	2019 Indonesian presidential election
Predecessor	Working Cabinet

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Cabinet members photographed together after the inauguration

On 22 December 2020, the president replaced six ministers. The most notable addition to the cabinet was businessman Sandiaga Uno. His admission into the cabinet following his former running mate in the 2019 presidential election Prabowo Subianto, made it the first time in Indonesia's history that all former contestants of a single presidential election were in same cabinet.[2][3] The new ministers were sworn in on 23 December 2020. Five deputy ministers were also appointed, three of them to new deputy minister positions.[4]

On 30 March 2021, the president proposed to the People's Representative Council changes to the structure of his cabinet, seeking to merge the Ministry of Research and Technology and the Ministry of Education and Culture into a single ministry named the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology. He also proposed a new ministry, the Ministry of Investment to be spun off from the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investments Affairs, but remaining under the latter's coordination, while the National Research and Innovation Agency would be separated as a new non-ministerial agency.[5] On 9 April 2021, the People's Representative Council approved the changes.[6] On 13 April 2021, presidential spokesman Ali Mochtar Ngabalin said the second reshuffle would take place in the second week of April.[7] However, the reshuffle was announced on 28 April 2021. Unusually, it not only reshuffled some ministers, but also disbanded a ministerial institution during the mid-term.[8]

Since National Mandate Party joined the government coalition in 25 August 2021, there is issue of the third reshuffle brewed towards the cabinet. Currently, with the entry of National Mandate Party to the government coalition, the party not yet had position within the cabinet.[9][10] On 23 September 2021, the party stated to be ready to take place and contributing together with the government in the cabinet.[11] It was said that the third reshuffle will take place between the end of September 2021 and early October 2021.[12] However, until the time past, no reshuffle took place. On 25 October 2021, President Spokesperson Fadjroel Rachman appointed as Indonesian Ambassador to Kazakhstan, leaving his post vacant.[13] On 12 November 2021, the President Spokesperson position filled by Joko Widodo himself.[14]

On 17 November 2021, third reshuffle issue arose again. However, from the sources from unnamed president officials revealed that the future reshuffle was not because of the issues regarding certain minister performance, but due to replacement after several ministers contracted COVID-19 and become physically disabled and severely limiting their capability and function as ministers.[15] Since end of 2020, Joko Widodo opened many deputy minister posts in many ministries, however, the positions are yet to be filled,[16] and he keep opening many deputy minister posts until recently, on 22 November 2021, he opened Deputy Minister post at Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, adding long list of vacant deputy minister posts created in his presidency.[17] Since 18 November 2021, People's Consultative Assembly, while still respecting Joko Widodo decision for doing reshuffle on his own, requested him to reshuffle as fast as possible because he already opened many vacant deputy ministers post.[18]