The Seventh Development Cabinet ( id, Kabinet Pembangunan VII) was the

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n Cabinet which served under President

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and Vice President

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from 16 March 1998 to 21 May 1998. The Cabinet was formed in the midst of the

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and after Suharto was elected to a 7th term as President by the

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(MPR). It was a controversial Cabinet where Suharto displayed his

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by appointing

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as Minister of Social Welfare and gave

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, a crony, the position of Minister of Industry and Trade. When things went out of control in May 1998, Suharto tried to reshuffle the Cabinet but the rejection of 14 Ministers to be part of the reshuffled Cabinet became one of the reasons why Suharto chose to resign from the Presidency.

The Four Cabinet Aims

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*The Development Trilogy: Consisting of national stability, economic growth, and equity as the tried and tested basis of the policy of development. *Self-Reliance: Letting the Nation go from reliance on other entities to self-confidence in the Nation's own abilities, and having the capability to face the unpredictableness of

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. *National Resilience: National Resilience will grow out of self-reliance, togetherness, and familial spirit. This will consist of skill and strength of the Nation in facing challenges and threats. *Unity and Oneness: The two elements will strengthen National Resilience and will ensure the continuity of livelihood as a nation, state, and people with the 1945 Constitution and Pancasila as its basis.

President and Vice President

Coordinating Ministers

*Coordinating Minister of Politics and Security: Gen. (ret.)

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*Coordinating Minister of Economics, Finance, and Industry/Chairman of the National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS):

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*Coordinating Minister of People's Welfare and Abolition of Poverty/Chairman of Planned Families National Coordinating Body (BKKBN):

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*Coordinating Minister of Development Supervision and State Apparatus Utilization: Hartarto Sastrosoenarto

Departmental Ministers

*Minister of Home Affairs: Gen. (ret.) Hartono *Minister of Foreign Affairs:

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*Minister of Defense and Security/Commander of ABRI: Gen.

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*Minister of Justice: Muladi *Minister of Information: Alwi Dahlan *Minister of Finance: Fuad Bawazier *Minister of Industry and Trade:

*Minister of Mines and Energy: Kuntoro Mangkusubroto *Minister of Forestry and Plantation: Sumohadi *Minister of Agriculture: Sjarifuddin Baharsjah *Minister of Transportation: Giri Suseno Hadi Hardjono *Minister of Cooperatives and Small Business: Subiyakto Tjakrawerdaya *Minister of Manpower: Theo L. Sambuaga *Minister of Public Works: Rachmadi Bambang Sumadio *Minister of Transmigration and Forest Settlement: Lt. Gen. (ret.) AM Hendropriyono *Minister of Education and Culture: Wiranto Arismunandar *Minister of Tourism, Arts, and Culture: Abdul Latief *Minister of Health: Farid Anafasa Moeloek *Minister of Religious Affairs:

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*Minister of Social Affairs:

State Ministers

*State Minister/State Secretary: Saadilah Mursyid *State Minister of Research and Technology/Chairman of the Research and Implementation of Technology Board (BPPT): Rahardi Ramelan *State Minister of Investment/Chairman of the Investment Coordinating Body (BKPM): Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo *State Minister of Stateowned Enterprises: Tanri Abeng *State Minister of Agrarian Affairs/Chairman of the National Land Body (BPN): Ary Mardjono *State Minister of Housing: Akbar Tanjung *State Minister of Environment/Chairman of the Relief Effort and Containment of Environmental Disasters (BAPPEDAL): Juwono Sudarsono *State Minister of Foodstuffs, Horticulture, and Medicines: Haryanto Dhanutirto *State Minister of Youth and Sports: Agung Laksono *State Minister of Female Empowerment: Tutty Alawiyah

Official With Ministerial Rank

*Governor of

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: Syahril Sabirin *Attorney General: Sudjono C. Atmanegara

Changes

*16 May 1998: Abdul Latief resigned from his position as Minister of Tourism, Arts, and Culture. He was never replaced.

References

Notes

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