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Indonesia The Cabinet
The president is assisted by state ministers appointed
by
him. In 1988 Suharto named his Fifth Development Cabinet,
paralleling Repelita V (the fifth five-year development
plan,
fiscal year
[FY--see Glossary] 1989-93; see Glossary).
Twenty-one
departments were headed by ministers in 1992. These
departments
were grouped under three coordinating ministers: politics
and
security; economics, finance, industry, and development
supervision; and public welfare. There were eight
ministers of
state and six junior ministers. In addition to the cabinet
members, three high-ranking state officials were accorded
ministerial rank: the commander in chief of ABRI (in the
Fifth
Development Cabinet, General Try Sutrisno); the attorney
general;
and the governor of Bank Indonesia, the central bank. Of
the
thirty-eight members of the Fifth Development Cabinet, ten
held
the same positions in the Fourth Development Cabinet, nine
continued in the cabinet but with different posts, and
nineteen
were new ministers--a balance of continuity and renewal.
Specialized agencies and boards at the central
government
level are numerous and diverse. They include the National
Development Board (Bappenas), the National Family Planning
Coordinating Agency (BKKBN), the Investment Coordinating
Board
(BKPM), and the Agency for Regional Development (BAPEDA).
At
lower levels there are regional planing agencies,
investment
boards, and development banks under the aegis of the
central
government.
Data as of November 1992
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