Aswanto is an Indonesian Justice of the

Constitutional Court of Indonesia The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia ( id, Mahkamah Konstitusi Republik Indonesia) is one of the apex courts in Indonesia along with the Indonesian Supreme Court. Its primary role is reviewing the constitutionality of statutes ...

, served until November 2022. He then replaced by Guntur Hamzah. He and

Wahiduddin Adams Wahiduddin Adams is currently a justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia. He and Aswanto were appointed to the court by the People's Representative Council in March 2014. Adams formerly served as Director General of Legislation at the Mi ...

were appointed by the

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in March 2014.Bonardo Wahono
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'', 14 August 2014. Aswanto graduated from

Hasanuddin University Hasanuddin University ( id, Universitas Hasanuddin) which is abbreviated as Unhas, is one of the largest autonomous universities in Indonesia. It is located in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Unhas was established on September 10, 1956, and n ...

, where he was serving on the Faculty of Law at the time of his appointment to the Constitutional Court, and also earned a Master's of Law from

Gadjah Mada University Gadjah Mada University ( jv, ꦈꦤꦶꦥ꦳ꦼꦂꦱꦶꦠꦱ꧀ꦓꦗꦃꦩꦢ; id, Universitas Gadjah Mada, abbreviated as UGM) is a public research university located in Sleman, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Officially founded on ...

and a doctorate in law from

Airlangga University Airlangga University (Indonesian: ''Universitas Airlangga''; jv, ꦈꦤꦶꦮ꦳ꦼꦂꦱꦶꦠꦱ꧀ꦄꦲꦶꦂꦭꦁꦒ, abbreviated as Unair or UA) is the second-oldest university in Indonesia and also a public university located in Sura ...

. Prior to his appointment to the court, he was active in judicial and electoral affairs of

South Sulawesi South Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Selatan) is a province in the southern peninsula of Sulawesi. The Selayar Islands archipelago to the south of Sulawesi is also part of the province. The capital is Makassar. The province is bordered by Central Sul ...

, having served on the province's Justice and Human Rights Regional Office, General Election Supervisory Committee and as the ombudsmen of

Makassar Makassar (, mak, ᨆᨀᨔᨑ, Mangkasara’, ) is the capital of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi. It is the largest city in the region of Eastern Indonesia and the country's fifth-largest urban center after Jakarta, Surabaya, ...

. Aswanto was one of several judges who ruled in favor of outlawing premarital sex and criminalizing consensual same-sex acts. Aswanto also joined the rest of the Constitutional Court in opposition to total privatization of Indonesia's water resources, and in viewing challenges to Indonesia's tax amnesty law with suspicion.Constitutional Court queries challenge to Tax Amnesty Law
Jakarta Post News Desk, 28 July 2016. Aswanto also ruled against Omnibus Law concerning job creation.

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