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Government Positions for Prabowo’s Close Associates

Monday, October 20, 2025

Prabowo gives people close to him government positions, going as far as to create entirely new positions for his followers.

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Deputy Minister of Health Benjamin Paulus (right) with Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin (center) and Deputy Minister of Health Dante Saksono Harbuwono deliver a presentation on the health sector in Jakarta, October 17, 2025. Antara/Reno Esnir. tempo : 176592054874.

BENJAMIN Paulus received a phone call from Cabinet Secretary Lieutenant Colonel Teddy Indra Wijaya in early October 2025. The caller had a message from President Prabowo Subianto asking Benjamin to become the Deputy Minister of Health.

According to Benjamin, the President wanted him to help lead the national tuberculosis eradication program. Indonesia ranks second in the world after India in the number of TB cases—around 1 million in 2024.

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Francisca Christy Rosana, Daniel Ahmad Fajri, Eka Yudha, and Dian Rahma Fika contributed to this article.

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