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By Calvin Purba
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) and the Ministry of Investment and Downstreaming have been confirmed as ministries to be coordinated by the newly established Coordinating Ministry for Downstreaming and Energy Transition, Coordinating Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said.
Bahlil said the government was still finalizing the composition of ministries under the coordinating ministry and could add one or two ministries whose responsibilities are closely related to downstreaming.
“We are still consolidating. The ministries under us have not been 100% finalized. But I can give you a little hint that most likely, what is already certain is ESDM, as well as the Ministry of Investment and Downstreaming. Those are certain,” Bahlil told reporters on the sidelines of the Investor Daily Summit 2026 on Wednesday.
He said the Ministry of Industry could potentially be included because downstreaming is closely linked to industrialization.
“There may be one or two more ministries related to downstreaming. If we talk about downstreaming, we are talking about industrialization. Because the instrument for downstreaming to achieve added value is industry. Maybe also, maybe, the Ministry of Industry,” he said.
Bahlil emphasized that the government was still conducting internal consolidation before determining the final scope and composition of the ministries to be coordinated by his ministry.
President Prabowo Subianto appointed Bahlil as Coordinating Minister for Downstreaming and Energy Transition last week as part of a cabinet reshuffle, while retaining him as minister of energy and mineral resources.
Bahlil was sworn in at the State Palace in Jakarta alongside several other ministers and senior officials affected by the reshuffle.
His appointment was based on Presidential Decree No. 104/P of 2026 on the appointment and dismissal of ministers and deputy ministers for the remainder of the 2024–2029 term.
The new coordinating ministry gives Bahlil responsibility for overseeing the government’s downstreaming and energy-transition agenda, in addition to his existing duties as energy and mineral resources minister.
Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak