Nafsiah Mboi, 72, was sworn in as Health Minister in mid-June, replacing Endang Sedyaningsih who died in office. Nafsiah's name has often emerged when candidates for cabinet ministers are being considered. For sure, many feel she is extremely competent to be a minister, as we did when we included her in Tempo's list of most-likely people to be selected as cabinet ministers in 2009.

To Nafsiah herself, becoming the health minister is like coming bac