Budi Arie Setiadi's Track Record As The New Minister Of Communication And Information

Budi Arie Setiadi's Track Record (Instagram ayuarisetiadi)

YOGYAKARTA - It was confirmed that Budi Arie Setiadi was inaugurated directly by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) as Minister of Communication and Information at the State Palace, Jakarta, Monday (17/7/2023). So what is Budi Arie Setiadi's track record?

"I promise that I will be loyal to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia and will carry out the laws and regulations as straight as possible, for the sake of dharma, my service to the nation and state," said Budi Arie when saying the promise of office following President Jokowi.

This inauguration was sourced by Presidential Decree No. 62 P of 2023 concerning the Appointment of the Minister of Communication and Information for the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet for the 2019-2024 Period dated July 14, 2023.

The inaugurations included Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court Anwar Usman, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menkopolhukam) Mahfud MD, Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (Menko PMK) Muhadjir Effendy, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir, Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, Minister of Investment/Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Bahlil Lahadalia, Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi, Minister of State Secretary Pratikno, and Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung.

Not only that, the leadership of the Presidential Advisory Council (Wantimpres) Wiranto, Member of Wantimpres Mardiyono, Member of the Judicial Commission Amzulian Rifai, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Muhammad Syarifuddin, Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko.

It is known that Budi Arie Setiadi became the Minister of Communication and Information to take over Johnny Gerard Plate. Johnny was dismissed on May 19, 2023 because he was a suspect in the alleged corruption case in the 4G Base Transceiver Station (BTS) procurement project and supporting infrastructure packages 1, 2, 3, 4 Bakti Kominfo for 2020-2022.

Budi Arie was previously the Deputy Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration (Wamendes PDTT).

The man who was born on April 20, 1969, was also known as the General Chair of Pro Jokowi Volunteers (Projo).

Budi is also listed as the head of the Indonesian Democratic Party's Research and Development Body (Balitbang)

DKI Jakarta's 5-year struggle (PDIP) in 2005. Not only that, he had the profession of deputy leadership of the DPD PDIP DKI Jakarta.

Furthermore, Budi Arie is a volunteer supporter of Jokowi during the 2014 presidential election campaign and the 2019 presidential election. Projo was founded in 2013 and was mentioned as a citizen organization supporting Jokowi. After that, Projo

Transforming from a volunteer organization to a community organization (Ormas) that finds official status from the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham).

Budi Arie completed a bachelor's lesson at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Indonesia (UI). He was the editor of the UI Student Voice Magazine in 1993- 1994. Budi was also active in managing the Indonesian Media weekly in 1994- 1996. It was also revealed that Budi Arie was the head of the Student Representative Agency (BPM) FISIP UI in 1994 and the Presidium of the UI Student Senate in 1994/ 1995.

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