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The reshuffle also affects four other ministerial posts and creates a new Ministry of Hajj and Umrah.

Economist Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa (left) will replace Dr Sri Mulyani Indrawati (right) as Indonesia's new finance minister.

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‘They may come curious about the president’s ex-bodyguard, but I hope they will return for the porridge’ 

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