Jokowi picks Prabowo aides for key posts in cabinet reshuffle

Indonesia's former ambassador to U.S. becomes investment minister

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Indonesian President-elect and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, left, talks with President Joko Widodo during the country's 79th Independence Day celebration at the Presidential Palace in the new capital city of Nusantara, on Aug. 17. © Reuters

ISMI DAMAYANTI, Nikkei staff writer

JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo ushered in several new ministers on Monday in a cabinet reshuffle two months before his term ends, with figures close to incoming leader Prabowo Subianto taking key posts.

Rosan Roeslani, who was the chief of Prabowo's camp in the February presidential election and a former Indonesian ambassador to the U.S., became minister of investment, a key post in the country's economic development.

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