Police-General Listyo Sigit Prabowo (born 5 May 1969) is an Indonesian high ranking police officer, who is currently the

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(Kapolri). He was previously the Head of the Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim), and was inaugurated by President Joko Widodo as new National Police Chief on 27 January 2021.

Early life and education

Prabowo was born on 5 May 1969 in

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, as the son of Sutrisno, an

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officer of Javanese descent from

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who was posted in that city. He graduated from the National Police Academy in 1991. He is married to Juliati Sapta Dewi Magdalena (Diana Listyo). The couple have two sons and a daughter. He is also the second

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head of police in the history of Indonesia.

Career

He began his career as a police officer in the

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police division of the Banten provincial police district. He held several posts, such as Chief of Police of Pati (2009), Chief of Police of

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(2009), Deputy Chief of

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Metropolitan Police (2010), and Deputy Chief of

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Metropolitan Police (2011). In 2014, he was assigned to be President

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's adjutant. Then he served as Chief of

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Regional Police (2016), Chief Division of Profession and Internal Security Division (2018), and Chief of Criminal Investigation Agency (2019). On 27 January 2021, he was appointed as Chief of National Police. As part of his appointment, he was promoted to a four-star police general. He is the second Indonesian Christian and the first Indonesian Catholic to serve the office. He was also the second-youngest Chief of National Police at the time he took office (), the record which was still held by Police General

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, who was when he took office in July 2016. General Listyo is known by his vision of police leadership "Presisi" (prediktif, responsibilitas, tranparansi, berkeadilan. translated as predictive-responsible-transparent-equitable), as he presented to the House of Representatives committee during his fit-and-proper test after being the President's sole candidate. This vision, however, will continue what his predecessor General Tito did with his then-vision "Promoter" (profesional, modern, dan terpercaya. translated as professional, modern, and trusted). In the summer of 2022, he presided over the investigation into the murder of Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat, overcoming an alleged cover-up by police generals to conceal an alleged premeditated murder by Inspector General

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, head of internal affairs of the Indonesian National Police.

Honours

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prabowo, Listyo Living people 1969 births Indonesian police officers Javanese people Indonesian Roman Catholics People from Ambon, Maluku People from Yogyakarta