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Police General (Ret.) Budi Gunawan | |
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| Official portrait, 2024 | |
| 16th Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs | |
| In office 21 October 2024 –8 September 2025 | |
| President | Prabowo Subianto |
| Deputy | Lodewijk Freidrich Paulus |
| Preceded by | Hadi Tjahjanto |
| Succeeded by | Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin (acting) Djamari Chaniago |
| 16th Director of State Intelligence Agency | |
| In office 9 September 2016 –21 October 2024 | |
| President | Joko Widodo |
| Preceded by | Sutiyoso |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Herindra |
| Deputy Chief of Indonesian National Police | |
| In office 22 April 2015 –9 September 2016 | |
| President | Joko Widodo |
| National Police Chief | Badrodin Haiti (2015–16) Tito Karnavian (2016–2019) |
| Preceded by | Hadi Tjahjanto |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 December 1959 Surakarta,Central Java,Indonesia |
| Spouse | Susilawati Rahayu |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Indonesian National Police Academy,1983 |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | |
| Branch/service | |
| Years of service | 1983–2018 |
| Rank | |
Budi Gunawan (born 11 December 1959) is an Indonesian police and intelligence figure who served as the Coordinating Ministry for Political and Security Affairs from 2024 until his resignation in 2025. [1] Budi Gunawan also serves as Chairman of the National Police Commission (Kompolnas) and Chairman of the Indonesian e-Sports Executive Board (PB ESI). [2] [3] Before leading the Coordinating Ministry for Political and Security Affairs,he was known as the Chief of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) in the era of President Joko Widodo. [4] [5] [6] He is the second police element after Sutanto to lead BIN and the first police element to lead the Coordinating Ministry for Political and Security Affairs. [7]
Graduating from the Indonesian National Police Academy in 1983,Gunawan completed the Sespimpol (1988) and Lemhannas (2005) programs. [8] He also earned a Summa Cum Laude distinction in the law doctoral program at Trisakti University (2018). [9]
In the Indonesian National Police,Gunawan has been Chief of the Bali Police,Head of the National Police Education Institute,and Deputy Chief of Police. [8] He also served as Adjutant to the Vice President (1999–2000) and President of the Republic of Indonesia (2000–2004) during Megawati Sukarnoputri's administration. [10]
In 2015,he was controversially named as the sole candidate for National Police Chief to replace retiring General Sutarman. [11] [12] Media reports noted his bank accounts contained hundreds of billions of rupiah, [13] [14] from many suspicious transactions,which became the investigation target by anti-corruption body (KPK) and he was named a corruption suspect. [15] He filed a pre-trial motion,which was accepted. Eventually,Badrodin Haiti was appointed acting National Police chief in his place. [16] [17]
Appointed as Chief of BIN on 9 September 2016,Gunawan has focused on modernizing the agency. [4] [5] [7] He established new divisions including the Deputy for Cyber Intelligence and the Deputy for Apparatus Security Intelligence. [18] [19] Additionally,he formed the Medical Intelligence division,"Wangsa Avatara," to address biosecurity threats. [20]
Gunawan has invested in education for intelligence professionals,developing the State Intelligence College (STIN) and the Pusdiklat training center. [21] In 2018,he was appointed as a professor at STIN. [22]
Gunawan became the catalyst for development of Nusantara Student Dormitory (Indonesian:Asrama Mahasiswa Nusantara,AMN) and the Papua Youth Creative Hub (PYCH). [23] [24]
In 2020,Gunawan was appointed General Chairman of the Indonesian E-Sports Executive Board. [3]
On 15 October 2024,he was ordered replaced by Muhammad Herindra,Deputy Minister of Defense. However,due to being replaced before the DPR started its session,confirmation of Herindra was put on hold. [25] Eventually,after a special fit and proper test on 16 October 2024,Herindra confirmed as the replacement of Gunawan on 17 October 2024 and inaugurated on 21 October 2024. [26] Following the August 2025 Indonesian protests,Gunawan was dismissed as security minister by Prabowo on 8 September. [27]
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| 1st row | Star of Mahaputera,2nd Class (Bintang Mahaputera Adipradana) (2020) [37] | National Police Meritorious Service Star,1st Class (Bintang Bhayangkara Utama) [38] | National Police Meritorious Service Star,2nd Class (Bintang Bhayangkara Pratama) | National Police Meritorious Service Star,3rd Class (Bintang Bhayangkara Nararya) |
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| 2nd row | Honorary Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (P.S.M.) –Malaysia (2022) | Satyalancana Pengabdian 32 Tahun (32 years of service) | Satyalancana Pengabdian 24 Tahun (24 years of service) | Satyalancana Pengabdian 16 Tahun (16 years of service) |
| 3rd row | Satyalancana Pengabdian 8 Tahun | Satyalancana Jana Utama (Ulangan I) | Satyalancana Ksatria Bhayangkara | Satyalancana Karya Bhakti (Ulangan I) |
| 4th row | Satyalancana Dwidya Sistha | Satyalancana Bhakti Pendidikan | Satyalancana Bhakti Buana | Satyalancana Bhakti Nusa |
| 5th row | Satyalancana Dharma Nusa | Satyalancana Bhakti Purna | Satyalancana Operasi Kepolisian | Satyalancana G.O.M VII |
| 6th row | Satyalancana G.O.M IX | Satyalancana Wira Siaga | Satyalancana Kebhaktian Sosial | Satyalancana Wira Karya |
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