Prabowo's Joke Says Happy 36th Birthday, Sri Mulyani Is Embarrassed

JAKARTA - President Prabowo Subianto made Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati embarrassed on her 63rd birthday moment today.

This moment occurred during the inauguration of the Integrated Service Building and the National Neuroscience Institute at the National Brain Center Hospital (PON) Mahar Mardjono, East Jakarta.

At the beginning of his remarks, President Prabowo greeted the officials who were also present, including Sri Mulyani.

He joked by saying that Sri Mulyani, only had a doctorate, had not yet become a professor.

"There is Doctor Sri Mulyani Indrawati's sister, isn't this a professor?" Prabowo joked in his speech, on Tuesday, August 26.

Meanwhile, the joke was greeted with laughter by all parties present, including Sri Mulyani, who was not far from the podium.

It did not stop there, Prabowo later revealed that he received information that Sri Mulyani today had a birthday by mentioning the age of the finance minister who was 36 years old, instead of 63 years old.

"I got intelligence on his birthday today. His 36th birthday. We have to learn what his knowledge is," he said, greeted with laughter by the audience.

When delivering the statement, the audience applauded their hands and Sri Mulyani looked embarrassed and covered her mouth with a smile, and gave a sign of gratitude by bringing her palms together.

For information, Sri Mulyani was born in Bandar Lampung on August 26, 1962.

He is an important figure in the world of the Indonesian economy, has served as Minister of Finance under three presidents, namely Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Joko Widodo, and Prabowo Subianto.