Indonesia’s president, Prabowo Subianto, has nominated acting central bank governor Destry Damayanti as the sole candidate to take over the job she has held since the abrupt resignation of Perry Warjiyo last month, the government said Monday.
“There is only one name, it is Destry Damayanti,” presidential spokesman Prasetyo Hadi said in response to questions from reporters in Jakarta.
Parliament, which is in recess, will have the final word on the new governor — a nomination closely watched by markets.
Before taking over from Perry in an interim capacity, 62-year-old economist Destry had been a deputy governor of the central bank since 2019.
Perry’s unexpected departure in late July was the second of a major economic policymaker since President Prabowo Subianto took office in October 2024.
It sparked speculation that the governor had come under pressure to do more to support the government’s pro-growth agenda, according to Capital Economics and
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