REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has agreed to rename the Coordinating Maritime Affairs Ministry as the Coordinating Maritime and Resources Affairs Ministry, a cabinet minister stated.

"The essence of this ministry is being retained by changing the name to the Coordinating Maritime and Resources Affairs Ministry," Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Rizal Ramli noted here on Thursday.

Speaking to journalists after attending the transfer of duty ceremony here, he affirmed that the additional word "resources" was necessary as the coordinating ministry coordinates those handling maritime and fisheries affairs, tourism, and transportation along with energy and mineral resources.

Ramli, a former coordinating economic minister and finance minister under President Abdurrahman Wahid's government, was sworn in by President Jokowi on Wednesday to replace Indroyono Susilo as the coordinating maritime affairs minister.