# Indonesia finance minister ousted after clash with Prabowo’s ex-army colleague, sources say

https://mins.news/en/item/60450

- Reuters, 2026-09-16 07:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/indonesia-finance-minister-ousted-after-clash-with-prabowos-ex-army-colleague-2026-09-16/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6aaa3e7da4391a0001266e41

> Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto dismissed Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa after Sadewa clashed with a senior ministry official who had served with Prabowo on his former special forces team, according to three government sources.

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