Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto announced his Cabinet late Sunday, hours after he was inaugurated.
The lineup of 109 ministers, vice ministers and head of national agencies was the largest in the country's history, and he named it the "Red and White Cabinet," referring to the colors of Indonesia's national flag.
Prabowo became the eighth president of Southeast Asia's largest economy on Sunday.
The Cabinet of Prabowo 's predecessor, Joko Widodo, had 34 ministers and head of government agencies.
Prabowo has said earlier that he needs a strong administration, even though analysts said that his "fat" Cabinet would bloat the bureaucracy.
"I want to create a strong government that would unite our multicultural society and diverse political interests," Prabowo said before inviting more than 100 people for interviews at his residence last week. "It must be a big coalition, and some will say my Cabinet is fat."
The Cabinet features politicians from a coalition of seven parties who supported his victory in the February election, and figures allied with Widodo's Cabinet, who were reappointed to continue their jobs under Prabowo’s presidency. Analysts said the move was a political reward to Widodo for the latter's tacit support in the election.
Prabowo was sworn in with his new vice president, 37-year-old Surakarta ex-Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka. He chose Raka, who is Widodo's son, as his running mate, with Widodo favoring Prabowo over the candidate of his own former party. The former rivals became tacit allies, even though Indonesian presidents don't typically endorse candidates.
Prabowo was a longtime rival of the Widodo, who ran against him for the presidency twice and refused to accept his defeat on both occasions, in 2014 and 2019.
But Widodo appointed Prabowo as defense chief after his reelection, paving the way for an alliance despite their rival political parties. During the campaign, Prabowo ran as the popular outgoing president's heir, vowing to continue signature policies like the construction of a multibillion-dollar new capital city and limits on exporting raw materials intended to boost domestic industry.
Backed by Widodo, Prabowo swept to a landslide victory in February's direct presidential election on promises of policy continuity.
Prabowo reappointed nearly half of Widodo's Cabinet members, including Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, making her the first person to hold the ministry under three different presidents.
Indrawati, 62, who has served as the executive director of the International Monetary Fund and managing director of the World Bank, is one of Indonesia's longest-serving finance ministers, having held the post for long stretches under Presidents Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Joko Widodo.
She has earned considerable respect in international circles, particularly for her reforms of the chaotic Indonesian taxation system and her role in steering Indonesia through the global financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We regularly consulted with each other to discuss strategies for strengthening the Finance Ministry and the state finances to support his programs," Indrawati told reporters after meeting with Prabowo last week.
Other ministers from Widodo's Cabinet include Interior Minister Tito Karnavian, Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan, Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia and State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir.
Prabowo has announced an ambitious goal of increasing annual economic growth to 8% by the end of his five-year term, and embarking on an ambitious spending program, including an increase in defense spending, hikes in civil servants' salaries, and a program to give 83 million children free meals.
