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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 currently serves as the Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. [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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