Minister Sudirman holds second wedding

By Godang Sitompul

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Sudirman Said married Astried Swastika Ayuningtyas, Corporate Secretary of Ministry of Finance?s investment company PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur, in a wedding ceremony held at the latter?s house in South Jakarta on Sunday.

Ministry Spokesman Sujatmiko said in a statement that Minister of Education Anis Baswedan and former vice minister of defense Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin were witnesses at the wedding ceremony.

According to the statement, Sudirman was a widower with six children, while Astried, a former journalist with Swa business magazine, was a widower with one child.

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak