Career
Born on 2 May 1963, [1] Gina graduated from the Indonesian Military Academy in 1986,where he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the cavalry corps. [1] He holds a bachelor's degree in public administration from the Indonesian Open University [2] and a master's degree in total war strategy from the Indonesian Defence University. [3]
He served as the commander of the 2nd Cavalry Battalion in Semarang from 2002 to 2003 [4] and as the commander of the Semarang military district on 6 November 2003,both with the rank of lieutenant colonel. [5] In 2006,Gina,already a colonel,was appointed as defense attaché at the embassy in Beograd. [6] By the 2010s,he was assigned to the Coordinating Ministry for Politics,Law,and Security as chief of ASEAN regional cooperation section [7] and to the Bukit Barisan Regional Military Command as expert staff for national defence system. [8]
On 2 July 2018,Gina,who was attached to the army cavalry center,was appointed as Director E of the Armed Forces Intelligence Agency, [9] responsible for countering radicalism and terrorism. [10] In accordance with his new position,on 5 September Gina was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. [11] He was appointed as the commander of the main unit of the agency in 2019 [12] before promoted to the deputy chief of the armed forces intelligence agency on 27 July 2020. [1] [13] He received his second star on 2 September 2020. [14]
Gina entered retirement with his assignment to the armed forces headquarters on 23 February 2021. [15] Upon retirement,President Joko Widodo nominated him as the ambassador to Afghanistan in June 2021. [16] Although he passed the assessment process held by the House of Representatives,by the time he was confirmed as ambassador [17] Taliban had already take control of Afghanistan following the 2021 Taliban offensive,and the post remained empty as Indonesia did not recognize the new government. [18] At the end of Joko Widodo's term,in August 2024 Gina was nominated for ambassador to Syria. [19] However,he was never summoned for a fit and proper test by the House of Representatives for the office. [20]
After Joko Widodo was replaced by Prabowo Subianto,Gina was nominated for ambassador to North Korea in July 2025. [21] The post was vacant since 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. [18] He was sworn in as ambassador on 19 December 2025. [22]
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