Agus Subiyanto

General Agus Subiyanto (born 5 August 1967) is an Indonesian general who is currently serving as the 23rd and incumbent Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. He was appointed by President of Indonesia Joko Widodo in November 2023, replacing the retiring Admiral Yudo Margono, and formerly served as the Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, and as commander of Kodam III/Siliwangi.

Early life and education Agus Subiyanto was born in Cimahi, West Java on 5 August 1967, and is the second child among six siblings. His father, Chief Sergeant Dedi Unadi, is an enlisted member of the Indonesian Army, where he served under Kodim 0618, and came from Cijulang, Pangandaran Regency, while his mother is Cicih Gunasih. His father also owned a rickshaw business known as "Putra Cijulang" and possesses 12 rickshaws that serve within Cijulang. When Agus was 5 years old, his mother left him, his younger brother and his father. The peak of the bitter period he went through occurred when he was in the second year of high school. At that time, his father, Dedi, died in a traffic accident in 1984. He had to continue living with his younger siblings and stepmother. In the aftermath of his father's sudden death, he lives on his father's pension money, while his older brother and one of his younger sibling were raised by her father's elder sister. Due to his small stature and exposure to malnutrition, Agus was later trained in martial arts and later earned the nickname "Jago Gelut" for his martial arts skills during teenage fights.

Agus graduated elementary school at SMP Negeri 2 Cimahi and eventually finished high school at State Senior High School 13 Bandung. Before his father's death, his father often expressed the hope that Agus would follow in his footsteps as a soldier, and later intensified his desires of joining the army after beaten by an army soldier as a punishment for not wearing his helment on a public road. After high school in 1986, Agus Subiyanto took a test at the Kodam III/Siliwangi NCO Candidate School. As a result, he was declared not to have passed but was recommended to attend Officer Candidate School without a test. Not understanding what it meant, Agus decided to apply as a security guard at the Internusa Mall in Bogor, but was rejected.⁣ In 1988 Agus Subiyanto took the Indonesian Military Academy entrance test. This time it was successful and he graduated with the second highest honors in West Java and later graduated from the academy in 1991.

Awards and decorations General Agus has received the following awards:

Airborne Tab (U.S. Army) 100px Mobile Brigade Corps Badge (16 November 2023)

Personal life Agus is married to Evi Sophia Indira and they have three children. During his free time, Agus is a known bass player and once joined the army's music detachment and later became part of a band with Piek Budyakto as their keyboard player, M. Naudi Nurdika as their drummer, Hari Jayadi as their guitarist, and Teddy Mulyana as their lead vocalist. On his Instagram post during the aftermath of the awarding of the Army Meritorious Service Star, 1st Class, which coincided with the 46th birthday of former Singapore Army Chief David Neo on 17 September 2023, Agus was seen playing the bass and accompanying Major General Neo in the vocals, while having the Chief of Staff of the Army General Dudung Abdurachman as their drummer.