Jokowi reshuffles Cabinet, names new trade minister

New line-up: Jokowi reading out vows taken by newly appointed ministers and deputy ministers during an inauguration ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta. — Reuters

INDONESIAN President Joko Widodo has announced a Cabinet reshuffle, appointing a new trade minister following controversy over a series of policy flip-flops on palm oil exports.

In an official ceremony at the state palace yesterday, the president inaugurated Zukifli Hasan, chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN) and a former forestry minister as the country’s next trade minister, among other changes.