TNI Commander Transfers Several Strategic Positions, Including In BIN Officials

TNI Commander General Agus Subiyanto. (DOK ANTARA/Bagus Ahmad Rizaldi)

TNI Commander General Agus Subiyanto rotated, rotated, and promoted 18 high-ranking officers who served a number of strategic positions both within the TNI and the State Intelligence Agency (BIN).

Head of the Indonesian National Armed Forces Information Center (Kapuspen) Maj. Gen. Nugraha Gumilar confirmed the mutation as regulated in the Decree of the TNI Commander Number Kep/683/VI/2024.

In the decree, which has been in effect since June 14, 2024, the TNI Commander has given promotions to Major General TNI Djaka Budhi Utama, who originally served as Assistant Intelligence (Asintel) for the TNI Commander, currently serves as Inspector General (Irjen) of the Ministry of Defense.

The old official of the Inspector General of the Ministry of Defense, Lt. Gen. Budi Prijono, returned to the Army Headquarters as a high-ranking TNI AD officer in order to retire.

Meanwhile, TNI Major General Rudy Rachmat Nugraha, who previously served as the Level III Expert Staff Officer for Social Communication, the TNI Commander, is currently receiving a promotion as the Asintel Commander of the TNI. The handover ceremony for the Asintel position of the TNI Commander was led directly by General Agus at the TNI Headquarters, Cilangkap, Jakarta, Monday (15/7).

In the same decree, the TNI Commander also transferred Lt. Gen. Jonni Mahroza, who originally served as Chancellor of the Defense University, to return to the TNI AD Headquarters as a high-ranking TNI AD officer in order to retire.

Then, for positions within BIN, the TNI Commander transferred Major General TNI Purwito Hadi Wardhono, who originally served as Head of DKI Jakarta Regional BIN (Kabinda) to become Special Staff to the Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army (KSAD). The position is currently filled by Brigadier General Joko Suparyoto, who received promotion from his previous position as Director A of the TNI Strategic Intelligence Agency (BAIS).

In the BIN environment, the TNI Commander also transferred Brigadier General Asep Jauhari Puja Laksana, who originally served as Kabinda of North Sumatra, currently serves as the Special Staff of the Army Chief of Staff. The position is currently filled by Colonel Infantry Gema Repelita, who received promotion from his previous position as Head of the Sub-Directorate of Strategic Analysis of the Ministry of Defense.

Then, Colonel Inf. Agus Budi Setyo Raharjo also received promotions from his previous position as Head of Human Resource Development Section at the HR Bureau of the Main Secretariat of BIN, currently Head of the Human Resources Bureau of the Main Secretariat of BIN.

In the same decree, the TNI Commander also transferred Young TNI Marshal Wahyu Hidayat Sudjatmiko, who previously served as special staff for the Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force (KSAU), currently serves as the Level III Expert Staff Officer for Military Technology Industry (Intekmil) and Cyber Commander of the TNI.

Wahyu, who graduated from the 1993 Air Force Academy, such as KSAU Marshal TNI Mohamad Tonny Harjono, previously served as Commander of the Presidential Security Forces (Danpaspampres) and Commander of the Indonesian Air Force's Quick Action Command (Dankopasgat).

Then, the TNI Commander in the same decree also gave promotions to Colonel Inf. Yusuf Sampetoding, who previously served as Assistant Officer III of the TNI Operations Staff, became Director of Training at the TNI Education and Training Command (Kodiklat).

His old official, Brigadier General Khairul Anwar Mandailing, was rotated as Inspector of Schools for Candidates for TNI A Officers (Secapa AD).