TNI Commander Appoints New Presidential And Presidential Secretariats

TNI Commander General Agus Subiyanto. (DOC. ANTARA)

There are two new officials in the presidential environment, namely Major General TNI Ariyo Windutomo as Head of the Presidential Secretariat (Kasetpres) RI and Major General TNI Kosasih as Secretary of the Presidential Military (Sesmillres). Both were appointed directly by the TNI Commander General Agus Subiyanto.

The two new officials will officially take office after Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto issues a presidential decree (keppres).

Reporting from ANTARA, Saturday, November 2, in the Decree (SK) of the TNI Commander Number Kep/1332/X/2024 signed by Agus Subiyanto Thursday (31/10), as confirmed by the TNI Information Center (Puspen), Saturday, the TNI Commander rotated, rotated, and gave promotions to 76 high-ranking officers from three TNI dimensions to fill a number of strategic positions.

Major General Ariyo, who was appointed as Kasetpres, previously served as Head of the Defense University Supervisory Unit (Kasatwas). Ariyo's old position is currently filled by Major General TNI Agus Prangarso, who previously served as Commander of the Army Staff and Command School (Danseskoad).

Meanwhile, Major General TNI Kosasih previously served as an expert staff of the Minister of Defense for Security. In his latest decree, the Commander did not appoint a high-ranking officer to replace Kosasih.

The TNI Commander, in the same mutational decree, also gave promotions to a number of his officers, including Brigadier General Edwin Adrian Sumantha to Danseskoad. Brigadier General Edwin for more than 3 years served as Head of the Public Relations Bureau (Karo Humas) of the Secretariat General of the Ministry of Defense. He helped the work of the Defense Minister during the Prabowo Subianto and Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin.

Then, the Commander also gave a promotion to Brigadier General Bayu Permana, who previously served as Chief of Staff of Kodam VI/Mulawarman, is currently Deputy for Domestic Intelligence of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN).

The position of Danseskoad and Deputy for Intelligence for the Interior Division of BIN is a position generally filled by high-ranking two-star officers.

Other high-ranking officers who also received promotions included Brigadier General Robertus Donatus Ndona, who previously served as Assistant Personnel for the Chief of Staff of the Joint Defense Area Command (Aspers Kaskogabwilhan) III, currently serves as Level III Expert Staff Officer for Political and National Security Division of the TNI Commander.

There was also Brigadier General Krido Pramono, who previously served as Danrem 052/Wijayakrama, also received promotions to serve as Level III Expert Staff Officer for International Relations of the TNI Commander.

In the same decree, there were also 10 colonels from three TNI dimensions who 'broke stars' who received promotions for high-ranking one-star officers, namely Colonel Inf. Frega Ferdinand Wenas Inkiriwang as Karo Public Relations of the Secretariat General of the Ministry of Defense, Colonel Inf. Ilham Yunus as Danrem 101/Antasari, Colonel Arm. Widodo Noercahyo as Aspers Kaskogabwilhan III, Colonel Adm. Dedi Saprudin as Head of the Palace Management Bureau, Deputy for Administration and Management of the Secretres Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia.

Then, there is Colonel Czi. Mulyadi as Head of the General Bureau of the Deputy for Administration and Management of the Secretariat of the Republic of Indonesia Secretariat, Marine Colonel (P) Irwan Sondang as Commander of the Indonesian Navy Main Base (Danlantamal) VII Kupang, and Colonel Czi. Zulhadrie S. Mara as Danrem 052/Wijayakrama.

There are also Colonel Arm. Saripudin as the Level II Expert Staff Officer for Humanitarian Assistance (Banusia) for the TNI Commander, and Colonel Kal. Hendro Rokhman as Head of the Indonesian Air Force (Kapusbekmatau) Material Briefing Center.