Erick Thohir Reunion With Former BUMN Minister Rini Soemarno To Tanri Abeng, Discuss What?

Erick Thohir together with former BUMN Ministers. (Photo: Instagram @erickthohir)

JAKARTA - State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Minister Erick Thohir is holding a meeting with a number of former BUMN Ministers. The meeting was held at the BUMN Ministry Building today.

The moment of this meeting was shared by Erick Thohir on his social media account @erickthohir. In the photo uploaded by Erick, it was seen that the former BUMN Minister who was also present were Rini Soemarno, Laksamana Sukardi, Sugiharto, Tanri Abeng, Mustafa Abubakar.

"The reunion with former SOE Ministers in the Ministry of BUMN, Mr. Laksamana Sukardi, Mr. Sugiharto, Mrs. Rini Soemarno, Mr. Tanri Abeng, Mr. Mustafa Abubakar. Even though it was only brief, the discussion was memorable, always be healthy, Ladies," he wrote, quoted as saying. Tuesday, March 2.

As is well known, Laksamana Sukardi was Minister of BUMN in the Gotong Royong Cabinet led by President Megawati Sukarnoputri and Vice President Hamzah Haz from 1999 to 2000.

Before becoming a politician, Laksana was an economist and banker. At a time when his career as a banker was so brilliant that he was awarded the Banker of the Year award from SWA Magazine (1993), he turned into a politician. The PDI party led by Megawati Sukarnoputri was his choice.

Meanwhile, Sugiharto became Minister of BUMN in the United Indonesia Cabinet. He served from October 2004 to May 2007. Before being replaced by Sofyan Djalil in a cabinet reshuffle carried out by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Rini Soemarno had served as Minister of Industry and Trade in the Gotong Royong Cabinet in 2001-2004. At the same time, Rini was also the President Director of PT Kanzen Motor Indonesia. After that he was appointed as Minister of BUMN in President Joko Widodo's 2014-2019 Working Cabinet.

Meanwhile, Tanri Abeng was appointed by President Soeharto as State Minister for State-Owned Enterprises and continued with the same position in the Development Reform Cabinet led by President Habibie.

Then, Mustafa Abubakar. He was a former BUMN Minister in the United Cabinet from 2009 to 2014 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

VOI tried to confirm to the Special Staff of the Minister of BUMN Erick Thohir, Arya Sinulingga, about the meeting and what topics were discussed. However, until this news was written, Arya had not yet responded.