Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono | |
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Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development | |
Assumed office 21 October 2024 | |
President | Prabowo Subianto |
Preceded by | Position created |
15th Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning | |
In office 21 February 2024 –20 October 2024 | |
President | Joko Widodo |
Preceded by | Hadi Tjahjanto |
Succeeded by | Nusron Wahid |
5th Chairman of the Democratic Party | |
Assumed office 15 March 2020 | |
Preceded by | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |
Personal details | |
Born | Bandung,Indonesia | 10 August 1978
Political party | Demokrat |
Spouse | |
Children | Almira Tunggadewi Yudhoyono |
Parents |
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Alma mater | |
Occupation |
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Website | agusyudhoyono |
Nickname | AHY |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Indonesia |
Branch/service | Indonesian Army |
Years of service | 2000–2016 |
Rank | Major |
Unit | Infantry (Kostrad) |
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Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (born 10 August 1978), commonly referred to as AHY, is an Indonesian politician and former army major who is currently serving as the leader of the Democratic Party. Serving in the Army from 2000 until 2016, he is the executive director of the Yudhoyono Institute and founder of the Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono Foundation. He is the son of former Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, more commonly known as SBY. [1] [2]
Born on 10 August 1978, in Bandung, West Java, Agus graduated from the Indonesian Military Academy in 1999. During his time in the military, he undertook higher formal education. He received a Master of Science in Strategic Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2006[ citation needed ], Master in Public Administration from Harvard University, United States in 2010[ citation needed ], and Master of Arts in Leadership and Management from Webster University in the United States. [3] While serving in the Army, AHY joined the security operations in Aceh in 2002 and UN peace operations in Lebanon in 2006. He also co-founded the Indonesian Defense University. In 2015, he led one of the Capital's security units. [4] In 2016, he left the military and entered politics.
In 2016, he was appointed by the Democratic Party, the National Awakening Party (PKB), the United Development Party (PPP), and the National Mandate Party (PAN), to become a candidate for the 2017 Jakarta Governor election. [5] Despite losing the election to Anies Baswedan, he remained active in politics. He commanded the Joint Task Command (Kogasma) to win Indonesia's 2019 General Election. [6] On early 2019 he targeted to achieve 15 percent of national vote, [7] but later he revised the target to achieve 10 percent of national vote. [8] He was then given a new position as Deputy chairman of the Democratic Party. [9] He was also elected to be the leader of the Democratic Party by acclamation on 15 March 2020. [10]
On 21 February 2024, he was appointed Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning by President Joko Widodo. [11]
Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono was born on 10 August 1978, in Bandung, West Java. His father is Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the 6th President of the Republic of Indonesia and former General of the Armed Forces. While his mother is Kristiani Herrawati, more commonly known as Ani Yudhoyono. He is also the grandson of Lt. Gen. (ret.) Sarwo Edhie Wibowo (1925–1989), who was the father of his mother. He also has one younger brother, Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono, born in 1980.
During his childhood, he moved and lived in numbers of places, following his father's duties and education as an army officer. He spent most of his childhood in East Timor when his father took up military service there. [12]
From 1984 to 1988, he studied at the Kuntum Wijaya Kusuma Elementary School, in Pasar Rebo, East Jakarta. From 1988 to 1991 he attended David J. Brewer School, Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1991, AHY continued his study at SMPN 5 Bandung.
In 1994, AHY was admitted to the prestigious Taruna Nusantara High School in Magelang. Here, he showed exceptional leadership qualities and was elected president of the student body. He later graduated as valedictorian with the best overall performance, securing an award called Garuda Trisakti Tarunatama. [13]
He is an Indonesian Military Academy graduate. During his first and second years at the Military Academy, he won the Tri Sakti Wiratama award given for collective achievements in academic, physical and personal personality. he was commander of the Youth Corps Regiment in 1999. There, he also joined the Drum band Canka Lokananta Military Academy as a bass drummer, (who is often referred to as "Tidar Tiger"). AHY then passed AKMIL with the best graduate and awarded Bintang Adi Makayasa in December 2000. [14]
During his assignment in the military as an officer, AHY also undertook formal higher education. AHY has three Masters education degrees: Master of Science in Strategic Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2006, Master in Public Administration from Harvard University, United States in 2010, and Master of Arts in Leadership and Management from Webster University in the United States, won the title of summa cum laude in 2015 with the GPA of 4.0. [3]
In 2021, he enrolled for Ph.D. in Human Resources Development Management at Airlangga University. [15] In 2023, he successfully completed his Ph.D. Dissertation proposal titled "Transformational Leadership and Human Resources Development Orchestration towards 2045 Advanced Indonesia". [16] However, due to the 2024 Indonesian general election, he took study leave for almost a year, and continued his studies after the election. [15] He graduated on 7 October 2024 from Airlangga after defending his dissertation. [17]
Yudhoyono served the Indonesian National Army, starting as a platoon commander in the Operations section to the company commander in the elite unit of the 305 Kostrad Airborne Infantry Battalion.
After graduating from AKMIL, AHY attended the Infantry Branching School and the Intel Combat Course in 2001. He later joined the Army Strategic Reserve Command (Kostrad). In 2002, AHY who was a Brigadier of 17 Kostrad, assigned as a platoon commander in the 305th Airborne Infantry Battalion / Tengkorak. That time, he was sent to Aceh for a risky task in the Security Restoration Operation. In Aceh, AHY was chosen as the Commander of the Special Team.
After leading the special forces in Operation Security Restoration in Aceh, in November 2006, AHY assumed the task of serving as a Garuda XXIII-A contingent operations section officer in maintaining peace along the Israeli and Southern Lebanese borders, when Israel and Hezbollah were involved in 2006 Lebanon War. This contingent is the first Indonesian contingent sent for a UN peace mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL). During his assignment, AHY initiated the smart car program as a means of reducing the impact of the trauma of war on children. For this initiative, AHY was awarded the Army Service Distinction Medal from the leadership of the Lebanese Armed Forces.This contingent is the first Indonesian contingent sent for a UN peace mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL). During his assignment, AHY initiated the smart car program as a means of reducing the impact of the trauma of war on children. For this initiative, AHY was awarded the Army Service Distinction Medal from the leadership of the Lebanese Armed Forces.[ citation needed ] As field experience gained, AHY was promoted as company commander (Danki) at Infantry Battalion 305/Tengkorak in 2007. In the same year, he attended the Indonesian Navy Scuba Divers course in the Thousand Islands. In 2008 AHY received an award as the best Company Commander in the Kostrad 1 Infantry Division, at the Joint Training of the Yudha Siaga TNI in Sangata. [18]
Later that year, AHY was asked for his contribution by Minister of Defense, Prof. Dr. Juwono Sudarsono, to join the initiation of the Indonesian Defense University. AHY then continued his military education at the US Army Maneuver Captain Career Course at Fort Benning, United States in 2011 and became the best graduate. He also won the Order of Saint Maurice medal from the National Infantry Association. [19]
Returning to Indonesia, he served as the Head of Operations Section (Kasiops) at the 17 Kujang 1 Kostang Cross-air Infantry Brigade. In 2013, he was assigned as a Post-Graduate Lecturer, in the Defense Management program, the Indonesian Defense University. In 2015, AHY returned to US to join another military academy, and later won the title summa cum laude from the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Until early 2016, AHY was assigned as the commander of 203 Arya Kamuning Mechanical Infantry Battalion, one of the elite security forces of the Jakarta.
On 10 August 2017, AHY founded The Yudhoyono Institute, a think tank based on three pillars: Liberty, Prosperity, Security. As executive director, AHY initiated various programs to welcome and prepare the Indonesian golden generation, the target of which was achieved in 100 years of Indonesian Independence, in 2045. Through TYI, AHY often holds various activities such as: Roundtable Discussion to discuss various challenges and issues facing the Indonesian people and the world with experts and statesmen; People's Dialogue is carried out to absorb the aspirations of people in various regions from various circles; and public lectures on campuses and educational institutions throughout the archipelago, from Banda Aceh to Jayapura. He continuously shares inspiration, knowledge and experience with academics, students and youths. Together with The Yudhoyono Institute, AHY also formed the AHY Foundation, which focuses on social and humanitarian issues, especially health, education and the environment as well as disaster response. AHY Foundation is active in providing assistance to disaster victims such as in Palu, Lombok, Gunung Agung Bali, Pacitan floods and Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta. In addition, through the AHY Foundation, he also initiated blood donor programs, tree and coral reef planting programs in various regions in Indonesia.
AHY began his political career as a candidate for DKI Jakarta governor in the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election. With the support of a coalition formed by 4 political parties: the Democratic Party, the National Awakening Party (PKB), the United Development Party (PPP), and the National Mandate Party (PAN). In his very first election, he was paired with an experienced local bureaucrat, Syliviana Murni.
The Agus-Sylvi challenged the incumbent Basuki Tjahja Purnama-Djarot Saiful Hidayat (Ahok-Djarot) and Anies Baswedan-Sandiaga Uno (Anies-Sandi). Agus-Sylvi gets sequence number 1, Ahok-Djarot gets sequence number 2, and Anies-Sandi gets sequence number 3. AHY was defeated on the election, garnering only 17.02% of the votes. [20]
On 17 February 2018, Democratic Party Chairperson Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) confirmed AHY as Commander of the Joint Task Force (Kogasma) for the 2018 Head of Region Election (Pemilukada) and 2019 General Election. [6]
He became a Democratic Party campaigner and he consolidated cadres in the region to win candidates nominated by the Democratic Party in the 2018 General Election. The Democratic Party succeeded in achieving the initial target of 35 percent from 171 elections.
In the 2019 elections, the Presidential Elections (Pilpres) and Legislative Elections (Pileg) were held simultaneously. At the 2019 Presidential Election, the Democratic Party formed a coalition with the political party supporting Prabowo-Sandi. In the 2019 Legislative election, the Democratic Party targeted 15 percent of the total number of seats in the Indonesian Parliament.
AHY as Commander of Kogasma led the efforts to bring victory for the Democratic Party. In the 2019 legislative election, the Democratic Party in various surveys is predicted to only be able to win less than 5 percent of the vote. Under his leadership the Democratic Party was able to win 10,876,507 votes (7.77 percent), exceeding the predictions of various surveys, though it failed to achieve the party target of 10 percent.
For his achievements, in October 2019 AHY was appointed as Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party. AHY is expected to be able to bring the Democratic Party towards better and progressive change. [9] AHY was elected as the leader of the Democratic Party on 15 March 2020, replacing his father. [21]
His leadership of the party was tested when Chief of Presidential Staff Moeldoko attempted to oust AHY from the party leadership by holding an extraordinary party congress in Deli Serdang. [22] Despite the odds, AHY was able to come out to maintain the existence of the party by maintaining internal solidity and quick decision making. [23]
Based on the Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) survey in May 2023, AHY has high electability to become a partner or potential Vice Presidential Candidate from the three existing Bacapres candidates, both Prabowo Subianto, Ganjar Pranowo, and Anies Rasyid Baswedan. [24]
Ahead of the election in 2024, AHY and the Democratic Party initially backed Anies Rasyid Baswedan as the next president on 2 March 2023 and joined the Coalition of Change which comprised the NasDem and Prosperous Justice Party (PKS). [25] AHY hoped to work with Anies as a vice presidential candidate as he claimed Anies sent a letter to him asking to be his running mate. [26] [27] However shockingly, Anies selected Muhaimin Iskandar from the National Awakening Party (PKB) after the latter left Prabowo Subianto's Advanced Indonesia Coalition. [28] [29] As the result of Muhaimin's appointment as Anies' running mate, AHY and the Democratic Party withdrew their support and left their coalition. [30]
After their exit, the Democratic Party was approached by PDI-P who is hoping for AHY to back Ganjar Pranowo as Hasto Kristiyanto claimed intense communications are underway. [31] The Democrats also got approached by the Advanced Indonesia Coalition as Prabowo held a meeting together with his father in Cikeas. [32] After many considerations, on 21 September 2023 in Jakarta Convention Center, AHY and the Democratic Party declared to back Prabowo Subianto in his presidential campaign. [33] [34]
On 21 February 2024, AHY was appointed as Indonesia's Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning and Head of the National Land Agency by President Joko Widodo at the State Palace. [35] AHY's inauguration was based on Presidential Decree Number 34/P of 2024 concerning the Dismissal and Appointment of State Ministers in the Advanced Indonesian Cabinet for the 2019-2024 period which was stipulated by President Joko Widodo in Jakarta, on February 20 2024. [36] AHY assumed the position to fill in the position after his predecessor, Hadi Tjahjanto, was also inaugurated on the same day with AHY as Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs to replace Hadi's predecessor, Mahfud MD. [37]
On 8 July 2005, AHY married Annisa Larasati Pohan, former radio announcer who had been the cover girl (Gadis Sampul) of 1997. [38] [39] Annisa Pohan is the daughter of former Indonesian Bank (BI) Deputy governor, Aulia Pohan. When married, AHY was an officer with the rank of First lieutenant, at that time he was 27 years old, and Annisa was 24 years old. Annisa is also a Co-founder of Tunggadewi Foundation.
At their wedding, they used Javanese customs which were laden with military nuance by carrying out the Pora Sword tradition. Their wedding reception was held at Bogor Presidential Palace and attended by 2,000 invited guests. Their first daughter, Almira Tunggadewi Yudhoyono, was born on 17 August 2008. [40]
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