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Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo
Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo was born in Jakarta on the 17th of October 1951 to a distinguished family. Djojohadikusumo is the current Minister of Defence. His father, Prof. Dr Soemitro Djojohadikusumo was a famous Indonesian economist as well as the architect of the economic plan for the New Order. Soemitro was also a Minister of Trade and Industry and Minister of Finance during Soekarno’s era and a Minister of Trade and Minister of Research during Soeharto’s era. His grandfather, Margono Djojohadikusumo was one of the founders of Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI). He is the youngest of 4, and his brother, Hashim Sudjono Djojohadikusumo, is an Indonesian conglomerate. He was married to Siti Hediati Hariyadi, the daughter of Soeharto, Former President of Indonesia from 1983 to 1998. He is a father to his son, Ragowo Hediprasetyo as known as Didiet, who currently lives in Paris, France as a designer.
Major General of TNI Maruli Simanjuntak
Major General of TNI Maruli Simanjuntak was born in Bandung, West Java in 1970. Simanjuntak is the Commander of Army Strategic Command of Indonesia or Panglima Komando Cadangan Strategis Angkatan Darat Indonesia (Pangkostrad). Simanjuntak studied in the Military Academy in 1992 as Special Forces Infantry and Detachment Tempur Cakra.
Luhut Binsar Panjaitan former Army General in the Indonesian Armed Forces
Luhut Pandjaitan is son to father Bonar Pandjaitan who became an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corp. and mother Siti Farida Naiborhu. Pandjaitan was born in North Sumatera, Toba Samosir, in Indonesia on 28th September 1947. Pandjaitan is now the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment. In his early days, Pandjaitan was taught by his mom to always be honest, study hard, and work hard. He moved to Riau Province when he was three years old because his father Bonar Pandjaitan worked in Caltex Petroleum Corp (now Chevron) and attended Yayasan Cendana Elementary School owned by Caltex and attended his junior high school in Pekanbaru. Pandjaitan is a keen swimmer and once represented Riau at the national sports event in 1962. But during his childhood's successive athletic experience, Pandjaitan likes to misbehave as he likes to fight, his parents sent him to a school in Bandung, West Java. Then, Pandjaitan attended SMAK 1 PENABUR High School in Bandung and met his future wife — Devi Simatupang. There in Bandung Luhut were the founders of Indonesian Student Action Front (KAPI) which protested against the Old Order, the President Soekarno, and the Communist Party of Indonesia. He then took a Masters degree in Public Administration abroad, at George Washington University, United States.
Proposed Military Law revision raises concerns of democratic backslide
The Dwifungsi Doctrine
Defense ministry, TNI united to seek defense budget hike to 1.5 percent of GDP
The Ministry of Defense and the Indonesian Military (TNI) join hands in demanding an increase in the national defense budget to more than one percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), up from the previous 0.89 percent.
South Kalimantan to regain its regional military command, awaiting president’s decree
Indonesian Military (TNI) Spokesman Major General Hariyanto has confirmed that South Kalimantan will have its 10th Regional Military Command (Kodam) restored in 2025, awaiting the issuance of the Presidential Decree (Keppres) as the legal basis.