JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Rusdi Kirana, CEO of Lion Air Group, has been appointed deputy chairman of National Awakening Party (PKB), Kompas.com reported Sunday (January 12).
Marwan Jafar, executive of PKB, said Rusdi has accepted the offer to become deputy chairman of the party.
Rusdi (center in the picture), according to Kompas.com, replaces Nur Syabani in that position. PKB chairman is Muhaimin Iskandar, minister of manpower affairs.
PKB is the smallest party in coalition of political parties supporting SBY-Boediono’s cabinet in the period of 2009-2014. Lion Air, meanwhile, is the largest budget airline in the country.