Wamentan Sudaryono Becomes Head of the National Nutrition Agency, Inauguration Wednesday Afternoon

JAKARTA - Secretary of State Prasetyo Hadi announced that Deputy Minister of Agriculture Sudaryono would be inaugurated by President Prabowo Subianto as Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) at the State Palace, Jakarta, Wednesday afternoon.

Pras, a nickname for Prasetyo, said the President appointed Sudaryono to replace Nanik S. Deyang who resigned for health reasons.

"The President decided to replace the Head of BGN, he is Mr. Sudaryono, who is currently serving as Deputy Minister of Agriculture," said Prasetyo at a press conference at the Presidential Palace, Jakarta, Wednesday, July 22.

He explained that the inauguration was scheduled to take place at 15.00 WIB. According to him, Sudaryono will serve as the definitive Head of BGN and will not hold the position as deputy minister of agriculture.

Prasetyo said the President chose Sudaryono because he had been involved in the preparation of the concept and technical discussion of the Free Nutritious Meal Program from the beginning.

"Since the beginning of following the concept of the birth of this Free Nutritious Meal program, he has also discussed and initiated with us how the technical implementation of the program will be," he said as quoted by ANTARA.

In addition, Sudaryono's experience as Deputy Minister of Agriculture is considered to be an added value because the implementation of the Free Nutritious Meal Program is closely related to the provision of food raw materials.

According to Prasetyo, the Ministry of Agriculture has been part of the ecosystem of providing food for the beneficiaries of the Free Nutritious Meal Program so that Sudaryono's experience is considered to support the implementation of his duties as Head of BGN.

Previously, Nanik S. Deyang, who was inaugurated by President Prabowo as Head of BGN on June 8, 2026, officially submitted his resignation to the President in Jakarta, Wednesday.