THE United Indonesia Cabinet can perhaps be called the cabinet of a "thousand" businessmen. In Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's government, there are, at least, six businessmen and two former private executive officers. Compared to the previous cabinets, Yudhoyono's has the most.

Today, it can be said that businessmen dominate the cabinet. At the top is Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla. Before joining Abdurrahman Wahid's cabinet as Minister f