Indonesia
Originally a businessman, Rachmat served as trade minister during the first term of former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and a deputy speaker of the House of Representatives.
House of Representatives lawmaker Rachmat Gobel (second right) of the NasDem Party walks with Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka (third right) and Bone Bolango regent Ismet Mila on June 19 during an inspection of the construction site of the Bulango Ulu Dam in Bone Bolango regency, Gorontalo. (Antara/Indrianto Eko Suwarso)
Former trade minister Rachmat Gobel, who was also a businessman and a House of Representatives lawmaker from the NasDem Party, died in Jakarta on Friday. He was 63 years old.Rachmat died at around 3:20 a.m. on July 10 at the Brawijaya Hospital in Tebet, South Jakarta, according to an announcement posted by NasDem on its website. He is survived by his wife, Retno Damayanti, and two children and in-laws as well as several grandchildren.
His body was laid in state at his private residence in Tebet before being buried at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery in South Jakarta on Friday afternoon. Former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo paid a visit to Rachmat’s house on Friday afternoon while former vice president Jusuf Kalla attended the funeral procession, as reported by Antara.
