The call to the Friday congregational prayer at the mosque had not yet been made when Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita received a phone call from Golkar Party General Chair Airlangga Hartarto. During this call, Airlangga, who is also Minister of Industry, asked Agus to get ready to wear a suit and black kopiah cap. "He said I was going to be appointed as the Minister of Social Affairs," said Agus to reporters at the Presidential Palace complex on Friday