Edhy Prabowo

Edhy Prabowo is an Indonesian politician from the Great Indonesia Movement Party. He served as Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries from October 2019 until his arrest for alleged corruption in November 2020. Edhy was arrested on 25 November 2020 by the Corruption Eradication Commission for allegedly receiving bribes.

About Edhy Prabowo in brief

Summary Edhy PrabowoEdhy Prabowo is an Indonesian politician from the Great Indonesia Movement Party. He served as Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries from October 2019 until his arrest for alleged corruption in November 2020. He has served as Chairperson of Commission IV of the House of Representatives and was Chair of the Gerindra Faction there from 2014-2019.

Edhy was arrested on 25 November 2020 by the Corruption Eradication Commission for allegedly receiving bribes in connection with the awarding of export licenses for lobster larvae. A day after his arrest, Edhy resigned from his ministerial position.