CommentWidodo's VP choice signals Indonesia's rising religious intolerance
Muslim cleric Ma'ruf Amin has potential to be future kingmaker
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, left, and Islamic cleric Ma'ruf Amin, his running mate for the 2019 presidential election
TORU TAKAHASHI, Nikkei Asia Editor
August 22, 2018 12:28 JST
TOKYO -- Amid the Asian financial crisis 20 years ago, Ginandjar Kartasasmita, who was sitting in then-President Suharto's cabinet, not only fixed Indonesia's ailing economy but also helped force Suharto's resignation, ending the nation's 30 years of "development dictatorship."