Budi Gunawan

Tan Sri Budi Gunawan PSM (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]

Police General (Ret.) Tan Sri Budi Gunawan
Official portrait, 2024
16th Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 October 2024
President	Prabowo Subianto
Preceded by	Hadi Tjahjanto
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	Badrodin Haiti
Succeeded by	Syafruddin
Personal details
Born	(1959-12-11) 11 December 1959 (age 65) Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia
Spouse	Susilawati Rahayu
Children	3
Alma mater	Indonesian National Police Academy, 1983
Military service
Allegiance	Indonesia
Branch/service	Indonesian National Police Indonesian State Intelligence Agency
Years of service	1983–2018
Rank	Police General

Career

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 is being 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 to be inaugurated on 21 October 2024.^[26]

Publications

• Colonies of Justice (Forum Media Utama, 2006)^[27]
• Terrorism: Myths and Conspiracies (Forum Media Utama, 2006)^[28]
• Building Police Competence (Yayasan Pengembangan Kajian Ilmu Kepolisian, 2006)^[29]
• Tips for Future Police Success (Personal Development Training, 2007)^[30]
• Lies in Cyberspace (Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia, 2018)^[31]
• Democracy in the Post Truth Era (Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia, 2021)^[32]
• Social Media Between Two Poles (Rayyana Komunikasindo, 2021)^[33]
• Power of Cyber (Rayyana Komunikasindo, 2022)^[34]
• Forming Mind War Man (Rayyana Komunikasindo, 2022)^[35]

Commendations

Honors

1st row	Star of Mahaputera, 2nd Class (Bintang Mahaputera Adipradana) (2020)[36]	National Police Meritorious Service Star, 1st Class (Bintang Bhayangkara Utama)[37]	National Police Meritorious Service Star, 2nd Class (Bintang Bhayangkara Pratama)	National Police Meritorious Service Star, 3rd Class (Bintang Bhayangkara Nararya)
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

Brevet

• Brevet Para
• Brevet Diving
• Brevet Investigator
• Brevet Bhayangkara Bahari