AFP, Jakarta

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto yesterday removed Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati in a cabinet reshuffle following deadly anti-government protests across the country.

Sri Mulyani is an influential figure who once served as managing director of the World Bank and was finance minister under three different presidents. Her house was ransacked during the recent protests over lavish perks for lawmakers.

Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, an economist who previously served as the chief commissioner of the Indonesia Deposit Insurance Corporation, was appointed as her successor, according to a presidential decree.

Nearly 600 people are still in detention following the protests, police said.

Prabowo did not give any reason for Sri Mulyani’s removal from the cabinet.