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Indonesia's National Nutrition Agency Appoints Five New High-Ranking Officials

From Republika · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Indonesia's National Nutrition Agency (BGN) appointed five new high-ranking officials on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, following a Presidential Decree.
  • The appointments aim to strengthen the agency's leadership and improve the implementation of the Free Nutritious Meal program.
  • New deputies will oversee systems, supply chains, promotion, and monitoring, bringing diverse expertise to BGN.

Indonesia's National Nutrition Agency (BGN) has undergone a significant leadership reshuffling, appointing five new officials to key Echelon 1 positions. The appointments, formalized by a Presidential Decree on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, signal a strategic move to bolster the agency's capabilities, particularly in enhancing the "Makan Bergizi Gratis" (Free Nutritious Meal) program.

Of course, we are happy as BGN leaders, because we need a team to improve BGN together, to improve the Free Nutritious Meal program.

— Agustina ArumsariDeputy Head of BGN, Agustina Arumsari, expressing satisfaction with the new appointments during a press conference.

Agustina Arumsari, the Deputy Head of BGN, expressed enthusiasm for the new team, emphasizing the agency's need for dedicated leadership to drive improvements. The newly appointed officials include Lili Khamiliyah as Secretary General, Prima Yosephine Berliana Tumiur Hutapea as Deputy for Systems and Governance, Zainuri as Deputy for Provision and Distribution, Mariman Darto as Deputy for Promotion and Cooperation, and Ketut Sumedana as Deputy for Monitoring and Supervision.

So she is used to building systems starting from planning. So this is relevant to the MBG issue, who is targeted.

— Agustina ArumsariArumsari explaining the relevance of Prima Yosephine's experience in managing national immunization programs to the Free Nutritious Meal program's targeting.

Notably, Ketut Sumedana is a former Head of the Legal Information Center at the Attorney General's Office and currently serves as the High Prosecutor of South Sumatra. Prima Yosephine, despite not being a nutritionist, brings extensive public health experience from the Ministry of Health, including managing national immunization programs. Her role will focus on refining target beneficiaries and evaluating the program's effectiveness.

Let's place her here. It has to get better. She's a former auditor. So she has to fix that, what happened yesterday, don't let it happen again.

— Agustina ArumsariArumsari on the appointment of Zainuri, a former auditor, to improve procurement and distribution systems.

Zainuri, a former auditor from the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP), is tasked with improving procurement, distribution, and budget accountability systems. Arumsari highlighted the importance of his auditing background to ensure transparency and efficiency in managing public funds, aiming to prevent past issues from recurring. The agency aims for every rupiah of the budget to be managed effectively, efficiently, transparently, and accountably.

The hope is that every rupiah of the budget can be managed effectively, efficiently, transparently, and accountably.

— Agustina ArumsariArumsari stating the financial management goals for the agency.
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Originally published by Republika in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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