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President Prabowo Subianto has inaugurated the new governor and deputy governor for the newly formed University of the Republic of Indonesia (URI) despite a lack of clarity and information about the institution.

Deputy Defense Minister and newly inaugurated University of the Republic of Indonesia (URI) Governor Donny Ermawan Taufanto (right) talks to journalists on Wednesday as Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) professor and URI Deputy Governor Yos Sunitiyoso looks on at the State Palace in Central Jakarta. (Courtesy of Presidential Secretariat/Muchlis Jr)

The government recently established the University of the Republic of Indonesia (URI), a move met with doubt amid a lack of clarity surrounding the formation of the higher education institution.News about the university’s establishment was conveyed on July 22, when President Prabowo Subianto inaugurated Deputy Defense Minister Donny Ermawan Taufanto and Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) professor Yos Sunitiyoso as URI governor and deputy governor, respectively.