FILE PHOTO: Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati during an interview with Reuters ahead of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 6, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said on Tuesday she had been asked by President Joko Widodo to stay in her post in his new cabinet, and the rupiah strengthened on expectations fiscal discipline would be maintained.
Since Monday, Widodo has tapped more than a dozen candidates for ministerial posts in his second five-year term, including his presidential election rival Prabowo Subianto. Local media have said Prabowo could be the new defence minister.
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