IndonesiaIndonesiaIndonesia Newsletter CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA, MUMBAI, INDIA VOLUME 10/ OCTOBER 2004 MONTHLY NEW PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA h PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT H. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono H. Muhammad Jusuf Kalla Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was sworn in as Indonesias sixth president and the first to be directly elected, replacing Megawati Soekarnoputri on October 20, 2004. Susilo, a retired Army General, took an oath before the plenary session of the Peoples Consultative Assembly (MPR). Also sworn in was Jusuf Kalla as the Vice President. Both Susilo and Jusuf Kalla were former coordinating ministers during Megawati Soekarnoputris administration. The ceremony was attended by five heads of state : Bruneis Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Australian Prime Minister John Howard, East Timor Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Also present were foreign diplomats, MPR members and several former ministers and state officials. President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in his speech, which he delivered at the State Palace after his inauguration at the Peoples Consultative Assembly said that the new government will stimulate the economy in order to achieve higher economic growth, which can absorb more employment and help alleviate poverty. The new government will continue to adopt and implement open economic policies, in order to integrate the economy with regional and international economies. In doing so, the government will focus on short- and medium-term agendas in enhancing productivity and competitiveness. Encouragement will be given by the new government for investors to build infrastructure. To combat corruption, anticorruption program will be launched. The new government will prioritize and improve the policies on the education and health sectors. President Susilo added that his government will continue to uphold the free and active principle of foreign policy, and Indonesia is determined to become a voice that promotes peace, increases prosperity and defends justice. Indonesia will continue to grow as a democratic, open, modern, pluralistic and tolerant nation. President Susilo Bambang assured that the new government will work hard to keep the trust of all Indonesian people and the whole nation, in order to meet constitutional requirements within the next five years. PRESIDENT SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO FORMS UNITED INDONESIA CABINET Indonesian President H.E. Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono swore in his Cabinet Ministers at the State Palace on Thursday, October 21, 2004. The cabinet called United Indonesia Cabinet consists of coordinating ministers, ministers, state ministers, minister/state secretary, Cabinet Secretary, chairperson of national Development Planning Board and Attorney General. Mentioned below is the United Indonesia Cabinet line up : NEW INDONESIAN CABINET : 2004 - 2009 UNITED INDONESIA CABINET (KABINET INDONESIA BERSATU) President : Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Vice President : Jusuf Kalla COORDINATING MINISTERS 1). Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs: Adm. (ret). Widoso A.S. 2). Coordinating Minister for the Economy : Aburizal Bakrie 3). Coordinating Minister for Peoples Welfare : Alwi Shihab DEPARTMENTAL MINISTERS 4). Minister of Home Affairs : Lt. Gen. (ret) Moh. Maruf 5). Minister of Foreign Affairs : Hassan Wirajuda 6). Minister of Defense : Juwono Sudarsono 7). Minister of Justice and Human Rights : Hamid Awaluddin 8). Minister of Finance : Jusuf Anwar 9). Minister of Energy and Natural Resources : Purnomo Yusgiantoro 10). Minister of Industry : Andung Nitimiharja 11). Minister of Trade : Marie E. Pangestu 12). Minister of Agriculture : Anton Apriyantono 13). Minister of Forestry : M.S. Kaban 14). Minister of Transportation : Hatta Rajasa 15). Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries : Freddy Numberi 16). Minister of Manpower and Transmigration : Fahmi Idris 17). Minister of Public Works : Djoko Kirmanto 18). Minister of Health : Siti Fadilah Supari 19). Minister of Education : Bambang Sudibyo 20). Minister of Social Services : Bachtiar Chamsyah 21). Minister of Religious Affairs : M. Maftuh Basyuni STATE MINISTERS 22). State Minister of Culture and Tourism : Jero Wacjik 23). State Minister of Cooperatives, Small and Medium Enterprises : Sugiharto 24). State Minister for Research and Technology : Kusmayanto Kadiman 25). State Minister for Cooperatives and Small and Medum Enterprises : Suryadharma Ali 26). State Minister of Environment : Rachmat Witoelar 27). State Minister for Women Empowerment : Meutia Hatta 28). State Minister for Administrative Reform : Taufik Effendi 29). State Minister for Acceleration of Development in Bakwards Regions : Syaifulah Yusuf 30). State Minister for Information and Communication : Sofyan A. Djalil 31). State Minister for Public Housing : M. Yusuf Asyari 32). State Minister for Youth and Sports Affairs : Adhyaksa Dault STATES OFFICIAL IN A LEVEL OF MINISTERS 33). Minister/State Secretary : Yusril Ihza Mahendra 34). Cabinet Secretary : Sudi Silalahi 35). Chairperson of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) : Sri Mulyani Indrawati 36). Attorney General : Abdul Rachman Saleh Indonesia Newsletter (October 2004) 2 BRIEF PROFILE OF INDONESIAN PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT President : Gen. (ret). Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Place and Date of Birth : Pacitan - East Java, Indonesia. 9 September 1949 Wife : Kristiani Herawati Children : Two Career : 1. Graduated from National Military Academy, and Head of platoon Yonif Linud 330 (1974) 2. Head of platoon Yonif 330 (1996) 3. Officer operation of Army Head Quarter 4. Chief Ministry of Military Observer at Bosnia-Herzegovnia (1996) 5. Assistant Politics of Army Head Staff Politics (1997) 6. Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (1999) 7. Coordinating Minister for Political, Social and Security Affairs (2001). Vice President : Muhammad Jusuf Kalla Place and Date of Birth : Bone - Southern Sulawesi, Indonesia. 15 May 1942 Wife : Mufidah Jusuf Kalla Children : Five Career : 1. Director, N.V.H. Kalla, Makassar (1969-present) 2. Director, P.T. Bumi Karsa, Makassar (1969-present) 3. Commissioner, PT. Bukaka Teknik Utama, Jakarta (1988- present) 4. Commissioner, PT. Bukaka Singtel Intern Jakarta (1995- present) 5. Member of Peoples Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia from regional representative (1998) 6. Minister of Industry and Trade (1999) 7. Coordinating Minister for the Peoples Welfare (2001). INDIAN PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES NEW INDONESIAN Purnomo added that the new government will also accelerate the PRESIDENT : The Indian Embassy in Jakarta said in a statement bidding process of 15 new oil and gas exploration contracts, which that Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam sent a congratulatory message will bring in a total US $160 million in new investment and will to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. In his salutatory create new jobs. message, Kalam expressed confidence that India-Indonesia bilateral relations would continue to diversify and strengthen to the mutual INDONESIA TO ANNOUCE NEW ENERGY POLICY : Indonesias benefit of the two countries and their peoples. Coordinating Minister for Economy, Aburizal Bakrie, said the new government will soon issue an energy policy to reduce the INDONESIAN NEW TRADE MINISTRY TO BOOST EXPORTS : governments subsidy on oil fuel gradually. Bakrie said that coal and Indonesias new Minister for Trade, Marie Elka Pangestu said the gas, for which the country has large reserves, will be used for new government aims to boost the countrys export performance in domestic consumption and that oil, reserves of which have been a bid to help accelerate economic growth. Marie added that in order dwindling fast, will be exported. If oil could be replaced with gas to push exports, improving the productivity and efficiency of the fuel, the country would save 80% of the subsidy. The government countrys manufacturing sector was must. Meanwhile, Indonesias would encourage the use of gas or fuel as fuels for households, new president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that in his top factories, cars, etc. Bakrie acknowledged that the program would economic priorities were to improve economic growth to beyond 6 need large investment such as in gas pipelines. percent from the estimated 4.8 percent this year and create more jobs. Marie said that she would continue some of the work of her RESOURCE INDONESIA 2004 RECORDS US $107.70M TRADE predecessor Rini MS Soewandi in negotiating at the World Trade : The recently held 19th national export exhibition, which was Organization, and working on plans to create the ASEAN economic officially closed on sunday, october 18, 2004 recorded a total sales community, and the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area. transaction of US $107.70 million, a 12.7 percent increase from the previous year. Diah Maulida, Head of the National Agency for Export INDONESIA NEW GOVERNMENT TO BOOST OIL OUTPUT : Development (NAFED) which organized the expo, attributed the boost Indonesias Mines and Energy Minister, Purnomo Yustiantoro has in sales to the increasing number of participants. The five-day expo said that Indonesias new government will strive to boost the at the Jakarta Fairground complex in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, countrys crude oil output to more than 1 million barrels a day within was participated in by 1,254 companies and drew at least 3,000 the next three months. In september, the countrys crude oil output buyers from 65 countries.
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