Trenggono Becomes Minister Of Maritime Affairs And Fisheries, Spokesman Prabowo: The Right Person

Wahyu Trenggono (DOK. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) appointed Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, who was serving as Deputy Minister of Defense (Wamenhan) as Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries replacing Edhy Prabowo.

Regarding this appointment, the Spokesperson for the Minister of Defense for Public Communication and Inter-Agency Relations Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak said that Trenggono was the right person to take the position. The reason is that so far Trenggono has worked hard to help Prabowo Subianto, who is the Minister of Defense (Menhan).

"Pak Wamenhan is the right person. Because while at the Ministry of Defense he was a hard worker and helped Minister Prabowo a lot," Dahnil said when contacted by reporters, Tuesday, December 22.

Meanwhile, for Trenggono's replacement in the position of Deputy Minister of Defense, Dahnil said that his party would fully hand over to President Jokowi.

"Of course we will fully submit the decision to the Deputy Minister of Defense to the President," he said.

As previously reported, in addition to announcing the name of Tri Rismaharini as Minister of Social Affairs (Mensos) and Sandiaga Uno as Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf), Jokowi also announced another name, namely Sakti Wahyu Trenggono as Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries replacing Edhy Prabowo who was caught in a corruption case.

Trenggono, who is a former treasurer of the Jokowi-Ma'ruf Amin National Campaign Team in the 2019 Presidential Election, previously served as Deputy Minister of Defense (Wamenhan) accompanying Prabowo Subianto.

"Mr. Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, he now holds the position of Deputy Minister of Defense and we give him the responsibility to become Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries," said Jokowi.

After being announced by President Jokowi, Trenggono also entered the venue for the announcement to take place. He is seen wearing a white shirt wrapped with a blue jacket and wearing black pants.

Trenggono at a glance, he is a businessman in the field of infrastructure provider of telecommunications towers in Indonesia, with ownership of 14,000 towers.