Admiral (Ret.) Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno (born 20 September 1952) is an Indonesian politician and retired

Naval officer An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service. Broadly speaking, "officer" means a commissioned officer, a non-commissioned officer (NCO), or a warrant officer. However, absent ...

. He was the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs of the

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from 27 October 2014 to 12 August 2015. Tedjo was also the Chief of Staff of the Navy from 2008 to 2009.

Education

Tedjo completed his military training at the Indonesian Naval Academy in 1975. He also obtained a law degree from Hang Tuah University, Surabaya in 2001. He also attend numerous military education namely Indonesian Navy Staff and Command School, Indonesian Armed Forces Staff and Command School, National Defence Institution, National Resilience Institute Course batch 34.

Personal life

Tedjo was born in

Magelang Magelang () is one of six cities in Central Java, the Central Java Province of Indonesia that are administratively independent of the regencies in which they lie geographically. Each of these cities is governed by a mayor rather than a Subdivi ...

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on 20 September 1952. He is married with 4 children.

Military career

Tedjo has served for 35 years in

Indonesian Navy The Indonesian Navy (, TNI-AL) is the Navy, naval branch of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. It was founded on 10 September 1945 and has a role to patrol Indonesia's lengthy coastline, to enforce and patrol the territorial waters and Exclus ...

. He served in numerous branches of the Indonesian Navy including the Naval Aviation Unit as Fixed wing Naval Aviator, he also served as the commanding officer of KRI Teluk Lampung (540), KRI Teluk Semangka (512) and KRI Multatuli (561). Tedjo served in various branches of the

namely * Commander of the Amphibious unit of the

Eastern Fleet Command * Commander of the Western Fleet's Marine Security Group of the

Western Fleet Command * Chief of Staff

Eastern Fleet Command * Deputy Commander of the

Staff and Command School * Commander of the

Western Fleet Command * Planning Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy * Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy He was also served in various branches of the

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and Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Indonesia, namely * Director General of Defence Planning of the

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* Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces Staff and Command School * Chief of General Staff of the

He was inaugurated as Chief of Staff of the Navy on July 1, 2008, by the President

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, replacing Admiral Sumardjono who is retired. Admiral Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno was officially replaced by Admiral

Agus Suhartono Admiral (Ret.) Agus Suhartono (pronounced ; born 25 August 1955)Joko Widodo Joko Widodo (; born 21 June 1961), often known mononymously as Jokowi, is an Indonesian politician, engineer, and businessman who served as the seventh president of Indonesia from 2014 to 2024. Previously a member of the Indonesian Democratic ...

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as Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia.

Honours

Notes and references

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