Tuesday, November 26, 2019, 14:55 GMT+7
Indonesian
President Joko Widodo (fourth left) and seven millennial members of his inner
circle at a meeting on November 21, 2019. Photo: Jakarta Globe
Editor’s note: Arif Nurul Imam, an Indonesian political analyst and director of IndoStrategy Research and Consulting, wrote this piece exclusively for Tuoi Tre News after learning that Indonesian President Joko Widodo had added seven "millennials" to his inner circle of consultants to assist him in his second presidential term. Millennials, also known as Generation Y (or simply Gen Y), is a term popularly referring to people born between the early 1980s to the mid-1990s and early 2000s.
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has just announced his
special staff members, who are mostly millennials, to assist him in
the 2019-2024 period. Among them, seven people come from the millennial
age group who generally are entrepreneurs, sociopreneurs, and edupreneurs —
business activities combined with social development, education, philanthropy,
and the economy of young people.
This formation certainly makes a public surprise so it
reaps the pros and cons. Moreover, the addition of special presidential staff
is also blamed by some of the public as a paradoxical step. This is because
President Jokowi also said that he would streamline the bureaucracy, but at the
same time also increase the portion of the president's special staff.
All seven people have backgrounds in labeling the
innovators. They are Ruangguru CEO and founder Adamas Belva Syah Devara,
Amartha Fintech founder Andi Taufan Garuda Putra, Creativepreneur CEO Putri
Tanjung, SabangMerauke co-founder Ayu Kartika Dewi, Kitong Bisa CEO Gracia
Billy Mambrasar, social entrepreneur Angkie Yudistia, and former Indonesian
Islamic Student Movement (PMII) Chairman Aminuddin Maruf.
Their ages range between 23 and 36 years, with the
youngest being Putri born in 1996 - who is also the daughter of media
entrepreneur Chairil Tanjung.
Those chosen are not only expected to assist in
ceremonial and monotonous activities but are also expected to provide input in
the form of breakthroughs and innovations in running the wheels of President
Jokowi's government.
The involvement of millennial groups is expected to
give a new color, while simultaneously being able to answer the challenges of
an increasingly advanced and sophisticated era.
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