Indonesia's Prabowo swears in cabinet of over 100 ministers and deputies

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Indonesia's newly minted leader, President Prabowo Subianto, officially swore in his cabinet on Monday (Oct 21), a team which analysts said reflected continuity of his predecessor's main policies.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4skdaum5  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Indonesia's newly-minted leader, President Prabowo Subianto, officially swore in his

00:14cabinet on Monday, a team which analysts said reflected continuity of his predecessor's

00:19main policies.

00:21Prabowo took office on Sunday as the eighth Indonesian president, taking the mantle from

00:25Joko Widodo.

00:27In a fiery speech to lawmakers, he promised to eradicate corruption and aim to reach self-sufficiency

00:33in food and energy.

00:36Prabowo's cabinet has 48 ministries with over a hundred ministers and deputies, including

00:41reappointments of Sri Mulyani Indrawati as finance minister and Balil Lahadalia as energy

00:47minister.

00:48Prabowo's cabinet differs in some aspects from Jokowi's as some ministries have been

00:53broken up or renamed.

00:55Education and culture ministries are separate, as well as environment and forestry.

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