Andika Perkasa, Advancing Very Rapidly Deputy Chief Justice Hendropriyono, Chief of the Army Chief of Staff

Channel Rakyat. General Andika Perkasa officially served as Army Chief of Staff (KSAD) replacing General Mulyono who will retire in January 2019.


He stood upright with his muscular body to be sworn in by President Joko Widodo at the State Palace on Thursday (11/22).


The son-in-law of the former head of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) Abdullah Mahmud Hendropriyono is now believed to be the number one person in the army. Dyah Erwiyani's husband, Hendropriyono's first child, previously served as commander of the Army Strategic Command (Pangkostrad) since July 23, 2018.


Hendropriyono himself was listed as one of the members of the Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla pair's success team in the 2014 Presidential Election.


Andika Perkasa, a man born in Bandung on December 21, 1964, was known as a military officer who had a brilliant career.


Graduating from the Military Academy in 1987, he began his career by joining the elite Special Forces Command (Kopassus) as a platoon commander.


The Bintang Kartika Eka Paksi Recipient has been in the Kopassus for 12 years with various positions. Andika's last position in the Red Beret Corps was as Danton 32 Group 3 / Sandha Kopassus in 2002.


During his time in Kopassus, Andika was noted to have carried out various military operations. Territorial Operations in East Timor in 1992, TNI service operations in Aceh (1994) and have served in special operations missions in Papua.


Not only that, he also led the arrest of Al Qaeda leader Omar Al-Faruq in Bogor in 2002.


Andika Perkasa, The Fast Rate of Deputy Minister Hendropriyono, the Head of the North Sumatra Regional Office when he was the Commander of the Presidential Security Force.

On the academic side, Andika is no less monastic. He was listed as the best graduate of the Army Command Staff School (Seskoad) in 2000. In addition, he also had time to go to Harvard University, USA to get the title of Master of Science (MSc) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).


Andika's career was even more "powerful" when she was promoted as commander of the Korem 023 / Kawal Samudera in Sibolga with the rank of Colonel in early 2013.


Since then, his career has skyrocketed. He won the rank of Major General in just 11 months.


As of November 8, 2013, Andika was appointed as head of the Army Information Service (Kadispenad) and his rank rose to brigadier general.


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Two days or precisely on October 22, 2014 after Joko Widodo was installed as the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia, Andika was promoted as the Commander of the Presidential Security Force. Two stars with a major general rank are pinned on his shoulders.


As a result, Andika was recorded as the first person to hold the rank of major general among his fellow classmates at the 1987 Academy of Sciences.


After escorting President Jokowi for about one and a half years, Andika was transferred to Commander of Kodam XII / Tanjungpura in May 2016.


Then in early January 2018, Andika was promoted to promotion to lieutenant general with the position of Commander of the TNI's Doctrine, Education and Training (Dankodiklat).


After seven months later, Andika was again promoted to serve as Commander of the Army AD Strategic Command (Pangkostrad).


Now Andika is able to complete the four stars on his shoulders as a general at the top of the army leadership.


The position of the Army Chief of Staff held by Andika Perkasa is now the most strategic position. This is because the position has a strong prospect of becoming the next TNI Commander to replace Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto who will retire in two years.

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