President Prabowo Appoints New Minister of Finance Juda Agung

JAKARTA - President Prabowo Subianto appointed Juda Agung as Deputy Minister of Finance (Wamenkeu) for the remainder of the 2024-2029 term at the State Palace, Jakarta, Thursday afternoon.

Juda's inauguration was stipulated in Presidential Decree (Keppres) Number 3M of 2026 concerning the Dismissal and Appointment of the Red and White Cabinet Deputy Minister of Finance for the 2024-2029 period, which was signed by President Prabowo in Jakarta, on February 5, 2026.

President Prabowo directly led the oath-taking ceremony conducted by Juda Agung during the inauguration ceremony.

"By Allah, I swear, that I, will be loyal to the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia in 1945 and will carry out all laws and regulations as straight as possible for my service to the nation and state. That I, in carrying out my duties, will uphold the ethics of the post, work as best as possible, with a sense of responsibility," said the oath of office delivered by Juda Agung, led by President Prabowo.

After that, Juda, who is a former Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia, continued to sign the inauguration agenda. After signing the inauguration agenda, the ceremony procession continued with singing the Indonesian National Anthem.

Then, President Prabowo also congratulated Juda Agung and his wife. The same congratulations were also given by Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka to Juda Agung.

Other ranks of state officials also congratulated Juda Agung, including Constitutional Court Chairman Suhartoyo, Constitutional Judge Saldi Isra, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, Secretary of State Minister Prasetyo Hadi, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia, Attorney General ST Burhanuddin, National Police Chief General Pol. Listyo Sigit Prabowo, Deputy Commander of the TNI General TNI Tandyo Budi Revita, and there is also Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya.

The inauguration ceremony of Juda Agung as wamenkeu was held simultaneously with the procession of reading the oath of Adies Kadir as Constitutional Judge of the Constitutional Court in front of President Prabowo at the State Palace, Thursday afternoon.