Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Indonesia's outgoing finance minister, speaks during a handover ceremony in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto abruptly replaced Indrawati as finance minister, risking renewed market turmoil for South-East Asia’s biggest economy following violent protests in recent weeks against his administration. - Bloomberg
JAKARTA: Over the last weekend in August, after her house was ransacked by looters, Indonesia’s then-Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati travelled to President Prabowo Subianto’s country estate in the Hambalang hills in West Java. She planned to resign.
The country had just been rattled by its worst unrest in years. This was at least her second attempt to quit, after one in March amid a market meltdown, partly driven by rumours of her departure.
