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Prabowo Accepts Nutrition Chief’s Resignation Amid Health Scare
7/22/2026
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- President Prabowo Subianto accepted the resignation of Nutrition Agency chief Nanik Sudaryati Deyang after a doctor warned her arteries were clogged from stress, prompting treatment abroad.
- Her predecessor Dadan Hindayana was dismissed and arrested in May over corruption tied to the free meals programme.
- The programme’s budget fell from 268 trillion rupiah to 229 trillion rupiah, and President Prabowo Subianto may form a supervisory board that Nanik Sudaryati Deyang will lead.
