First Lady to receive medal of honor

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 08/12/2011

First Lady Ani Yudhoyono is scheduled to receive medal of honor as part of Indonesia’s 66th anniversary celebrations, presidential spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha says.

First Lady Ani Yudhoyono

Ani is to be awarded the Adipradana medal of honor, Julian said Friday as quoted by Antara.

The medal presentation ceremony will be held at the State Palace at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to present the award, along with other medals.

Aside from Ani, Julian said, the government will also present medals of honor to 30 figures, including People's Consultative Assembly chairman Taufiq Kiemas, former first lady Shinta Abdurrahman Wahid, and the wife of the former vice president, Mufidah Jusuf Kalla.

Julian added that the government would also award two medals of honor of another kind to former finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie.

“However, we haven't received any information on who will represent her,” Julian said, referring to Sri Mulyani, who currently serves as a managing director of the World Bank.