In a move to facilitate a soft transfer of the government in October, Indonesian president Joko Widodo has appointed two important members of the transition team led by former president-elect Prabowo Subianto, including a member of his family, as assistant ministries of finance and agriculture.
Mr Prabowo’s brother, Mr Thomas Djiwandono, was appointed as subsequent deputy finance secretary, while the leader elect’s former staffer Sudaryono, who like many Indonesians goes by one brand, was appointed as crops deputy minister.  ,
Both were sworn in on Thursday ( Jul 18 ), alongside another new appointee, Mr Yuliot Tanjung, who was appointed deputy minister of investment.  ,
Mr Thomas’s appointment was intended to” smooth the transition from the outgoing administration of Mr Jokowi to Mr Prabowo”, a senior politician from Prabowo’s Great Indonesia Movement Party ( Gerindra ), Mr Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, told Reuters.  ,
The most significant decline among emerging Asian economies occurred early on Thursday when the dirhams fell about 0.4 percent against the US dollars.
However, according to Myrdal Gunarto, an economist from Maybank Indonesia and quoted in the Jakarta Post, the appointment may have a negative effect on the markets, and the rupiah’s decline was likely brought on by physical forces.  ,
US-educated Mr Thomas is Mr Prabowo’s assistant for fiscal problems and even Gerindra’s manager.  ,  ,
His parents, Mr Soedradjad Djiwandono, is a famous economist who served as Indonesia’s central banks governor , from 1993 to 1998, during the latter part of the later President Suharto’s time.
Mr Soedradjad is married to Mdm Biantiningsih Miderawati, the elder girl of Mr Prabowo.
Mr Prabowo is the original son-in-law of Mr Suharto, previously married to Mr Soeharto’s following child, Mdm Titiek Suharto, in 1983. They divorced in 1998 after Mr Suharto’s fall from power, following global protests.  ,  ,  ,