# Indonesia’s new finance minister faces an uphill battle on fiscal credibility

https://mins.news/en/item/60191

- CNBC, 2026-09-16 01:53 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/16/indonesia-finance-minister-msci-prabowo-.html

> Nazara was sworn in as finance minister hours after Purbaya was dismissed. He previously served seven years as deputy finance minister and led the ministry’s fiscal policy agency from 2015 to 2019.

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