Prabowo Officially Inaugurates Abdul Kadir Karding Minister Of Protection For Indonesian Migrant Workers

Inauguration of the Red and White Cabinet (Youtube screenshot)

JAKARTA - President Prabowo Subianto officially inaugurated Abdul Kadir Karding as Minister of Protection for Indonesian Migrant Workers. The inauguration ceremony took place at the State Palace, Jakarta, Monday, October 21.

The Ministry of Protection for Indonesian Migrant Workers is a new ministry whose previous task force was run by the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI) with the status of a non-ministerial government agency.

The focus of this ministry is to strengthen protection for Indonesian migrant workers who are abroad. Karding is a legislator who has been sitting in the DPR RI for several periods.

In 2019, Karding joined the Jokowi-Ma'ruf Amin National Campaign Team (TKN) as Deputy Chair.

The inauguration began with singing Indonesia Raya. Then, read out the Decree of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Number 134P/2024 concerning the Dismissal and Appointment of the Head of the State Intelligence Agency.

After that, Prabowo took the oath of office of ministers and heads of institutions in his cabinet. This procession was also attended by clergy.

"I swear that I will be loyal to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia and will carry out all laws and regulations as straight as possible for the sake of my service to the nation and state," said Prabowo reading the oath of office followed by all ministers and heads of institutions who were sworn in today.

"That in carrying out my duties, I will uphold the ethics of my position, work my best, with a full sense of responsibility."

In addition, it was also read out by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Number 135P/2024 concerning the Appointment of the Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia; Presidential Decree Number 141 of 2024 concerning the Dismissal and Appointment of the Head of the Presidential Communication Office; and Presidential Decree of the Republic of Indonesia Number 139P/2024 concerning the appointment of the Chairman of the National Economic Council. The reading was made by Nanik Purwanti as Deputy for Apparatus Administration of the Ministry of State Secretariat.

The following is the composition of the Red and White Cabinet for the period 2024-2029:

1. General Pol (Ret.) Budi Gunawan as Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs.

2. Yusril Ihza Mahendra as Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration and Corrections

3. Airlangga Hartarto as Coordinating Minister for the Economy

4. Pratikno as Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture

5. Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono as Coordinating Minister for Regional Infrastructure and Development

6. Muhaimin Iskandar as Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment

7. Zulkifli Hasan as minister Coordinator for Food Sector

8. Prasetyo Hadi as Minister of State Secretary

9. Muhammad Tito Karnavian as Minister of Home Affairs

10. Sugiono as Minister of Foreign Affairs

11. Safri Syamsudin as Minister of Defense

12. Nasaruddin Umar as Minister of Religion

13. Supratman Andi Agtas as Minister of Law

14. Natalius Pigai as Minister Human Rights

15. Agus Andrianto as Minister immigration and Corrections

16. Sri Mulyani Indarwati as Minister of Finance

17. Abdul Mu'ti as Minister of Basic and Secondary Education

18. Satrio Sumantri Brojonegoro as Minister of Higher Education for Science and Technology

19. Fadli Zon as Minister of Culture

20. Budi Gunadi Sadikin as Minister of Health

21. Saifulloh Yusuf as Minister of Social Affairs

22. Yassirli as Minister of Manpower

23. Abdul Kadir Karding as Minister of Protection for Indonesian Workers/Head of Protection for Indonesian Migrant Workers

24. Agus gumuwang Kartasasmita as Minister of Industry

25. Budi Santoso as Minister of Trade

26. Bahlil lahadalia as Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources

27. Dodi Hanggodo as Minister of Public Works

28. Maruarar Sirait as Minister of Housing and Settlement Areas

29. Yandri Susanto as Minister of Villages and Regional Development

30. Iftitah S Suryanagara as Minister of Transmigration

31. Dodi Purwagandi as Minister of Transportation

32. Mutia Viada Hafid as Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs

33. Andi Amran Sulaiman as Minister of Agriculture

34. King Juli Antoni as Minister of Forestry

35. Sakti Wahyu Trenggono as Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

36. Nusron Wahid as Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning Head of the National Defense Agency

37. Rahmat Pambudi as Minister of National Development Planning/Head of the National Development Planning Agency

38. Rini widyantini as Minister of Administrative Reform Bureaucratic Reform

39. Erick Thohir as Minister of State-Owned Enterprises

40. Wihaji as Minister of Population and Family Development

41. Hanif Faisal Nur Rofiq as Minister of Environment/Head of the Environmental Control Agency

42. Rosan Roslani as investment and Downstreaming Minister/Head of the Investment Coordinating Board

43. Budi Ari Setiadi as Minister of Cooperatives

44. Maman Abdurrahman as Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

45. Widianti Putri as Minister of Tourism

46. Teuku Riefki Harsya as Minister of Creative Economy/Head of Creative Economy Agency

47. Hj Arifatul Khoiri Fauzi as minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection

48. Ario Bimo Nandito Ariotedjo as Minister of Youth and Sports

Furthermore, ministries and institutions that are not under coordination by the Coordinating Minister:

1. Sanitiar Burhanudin as Attorney General

2. Muhammad Herindra as Head of the State Intelligence Agency

3. M Putranto as Presidential Chief of Staff

4. Hasan Nasbi as Head of the Presidential Communication Office

5. Teddy Indra Wijaya or Major Teddy as Cabinet Secretary