Mensesneg: DEN Members are Filled with 8 Stakeholders and 7 Ministers

JAKARTA - The Minister of State Secretary (Mensesneg) Prasetyo Hadi stated that the membership of the National Economic Council is divided into two clusters, namely eight stakeholders and seven ministers or state officials who are directly responsible for the national energy sector.

Prasetyo explained that in the DEN's structure, the President serves as the Chairman, while the position of Chairman for the Day is held by the minister in charge of energy affairs.

"This National Energy Council is chaired by the President, then assisted by the Chairman of the Day is the Minister who deals with energy affairs," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, January 28.

He explained that the first cluster came from government elements, namely seven ministers or state officials who directly have responsibility for the national energy sector.

Meanwhile, the second cluster comes from stakeholders, consisting of eight people. Members of the stakeholder group have gone through the previously established selection mechanism and process and will be inaugurated directly by the President at 15.00 WIB.

Regarding who the ministers who are members of the DEN from the government element, Prasetyo mentioned a number of ministry names that are directly related to the achievement of national energy programs.

In addition to the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) as the Chairman of the Day, there are the Minister of Agriculture, the Minister of Finance, the Minister of National Development Planning/Head of Bappenas, the Minister of Environment, and the Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology.

"All ministries, institutions that will later be concerned with the achievement of our energy program," said Prasetyo.

A total of eight members of the DEN, from practitioners and academics, are Johni Jonatan Numberi and Mohammaf Fadhil Hasan, both of whom are academics, then there are Satya Widya Yudha and Sripeni Inten Cahyani, both of whom are from the industry.

From the technology element, there is Unggul Priyanto, then there is Saleh Abdurrahman from the environment element. The other two members, there is Muhammad Kholid Syeirazi and Surono from the consumer element.

The inauguration ceremony at the State Palace took place at around 15.00 WIB. The line of ministers who were also included in the DEN structure also attended the inauguration ceremony.

The seven ministers who are members of the DEN from the government element, namely the Minister of Finance Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, the Minister of PPN/Head of Bappenas Rachmat Pambudy, the Minister of Transportation Dudy Purwagandhi, the Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita, the Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman, the Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology Brian Yuliarto, and the Minister of Environment Hanif Faisol Nurofiq.