“CAN we work together to improve the finance ministry?” Sri Mulyani Indrawati asked echelon I officials of her ministry this question about 18 years ago. At that time President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had chosen her to become minister of finance, replacing Jusuf Anwar. She was sworn in as a member of the United Indonesia Cabinet I on December 7, 2005.

The first time she held this position she felt like the finance ministry was an un