Indonesia's president reshuffles economy team as growth sags

New ministers, part of Indonesian President Joko Widodo's cabinet reshuffle, pose for photographers before taking the oath at the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia August 12, 2015. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo put two experienced technocrats into economic management posts on Wednesday in a cabinet reshuffle designed to reassure investors worried about a policy drift that has allowed growth to slip to a six-year low.

Widodo's move defied expectations that his own party would compel him to make more political appointments, a move that may surprise critics who say he has not been the robust leader they had hoped for when he took office last year.