Yusril Ihza Mahendra,
48, Minister/State Secretary

Yusril Ihza experienced turbulence before the announcement of the new presidential cabinet. As the story goes, Alex Asmasoebrata, a member of the Democrat Party’s Youth Advisory Board, arrived at the State Palace a few hours after Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was inaugurated into office as the President of Indonesia.

This former official of the Indonesian Democratic Party during the Soerjadi