Removal of 2 Finance Ministry Directors-General, Purbaya: Replaced by Acting Heads, Effective Yesterday Afternoon

Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa has informed that his ministry has removed Febrio Nathan Kacaribu from the position of Director General of Economic and Fiscal Strategy (DJSEF) and Luky Alfirman from the Director General of Budget. The dismissals, effective from Tuesday, 21 April 2026, have seen Purbaya appoint acting heads (Plh) who became active as of the removals. “Acting heads have already been assigned. They have been active since yesterday afternoon,” Purbaya said in the Sudirman area, South Jakarta, on Wednesday, 22 April 2026. He stated that for the time being, no new positions will be given to the two dismissed officials. Purbaya will still assess suitable roles based on their competencies. “(Febrio and Luky) will rest for now. Later, I will find the right places for them,” he said. With the dismissal of Febrio and Luky, there are now three vacant director general positions in the Ministry of Finance. Besides the Director General of Economic and Fiscal Strategy and the Director General of Budget, the vacancy also occurs in the seat of the Director General of Financial Sector Stability and Development, previously held by Masyita Crystallin. Masyita is known to have received a new mandate to serve at PT Danantara Investment Management (Persero). Purbaya said he will select candidates for the three strategic echelon I positions and report them to President Prabowo Subianto simultaneously. He targets starting to report the selected candidate names next month. “They will be submitted to the President all at once. So perhaps simultaneously in early or mid-May,” he said. Yesterday, Purbaya also inaugurated five new echelon II officials in the Ministry of Finance, namely two officials from the General Secretariat, one from the Directorate General of Strategy and Fiscal (DJSEF), one from the Directorate General of State Assets (DJKN), and one from the Directorate General of Financial Sector Stability and Development (DJSPSK). The inauguration was based on Ministry of Finance Decree Number 94 of 2026 on Mutations in High Leadership Positions within the Ministry of Finance.