Chandra W. Sukotjo

Chandra Warsenanto Sukotjo (born 14 January 1965) is an Indonesian retired military officer and diplomat who is currently serving as Indonesia's ambassador to Pakistan. Prior to his diplomatic service, he was the commander of the army military police from 2021 to 2023, and held the final rank of lieutenant general upon his retirement.

Early life and education

Sukotjo was born on 14 January 1965 in Bandung with her wife Sri Koestijah. He completed his basic education at the 4th Jakarta State High School in 1984 before continuing his education to the Indonesian Military Academy. He completed his military education in 1988 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the army military police. He attended a basic military course on the same year before taking a number of advanced military police courses in 1994 and 1998. He also received general military education in the Indonesian Army Command and General Staff College in 2001, the Indonesian National Armed Forces Command and General Staff College in 2012, and the prestigious National Resilience Institute in 2015. He received a master's degree in international relations from the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (now the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies) in 2004 with a thesis titled Implications of Indonesia's military transformation: a view for the future.

Military career His professional journey commenced as a second lieutenant, serving as the deputy chief of military discipline enforcement installation in South Sumatra's army military police in 1989. Afterwards, he was sent to Namibia as part of the United Nations Transition Assistance Group from 1989 to 1990.

Sukotjo was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel after finishing his military education at the Indonesian Army Command and General Staff College. He was entrusted to command the military police detachment in Bone Regency in South Sulawesi for a few months in 2002 before being transferred to the military police detachment in Makassar, South Sulawesi's capital, from 2002 to 2003. Upon completing his master's degree, Sukotjo was reassigned to East Java, where he commanded the military police detachment in Surabaya, the province's capital, from 2004 to 2006. and visit by Indonesian Armed Forces Commander Admiral Agus Suhartono to military facilities and production factories.

Sukotjo returned to Indonesia in 2012, serving as director of law enforcement and discipline development of the army military police center until 2013. On 15 November 2013, he was installed as the commander of the East Java army military police. He served for barely half a year, as on 4 July 2014 he handed over his post. He returned to the State Intelligence Agency as the chief of the Pacific region subdirectorate for a few months in 2014. On 5 September 2014, the armed forces commander issued a decree which promoted Sukotjo to the director of the America and Europe continent in the agency. He subsequently received the rank of brigadier general on 3 October. About a month after his promotion, on 31 October he was appointed as the agency's representative in Australia, serving as the first secretary for political affairs at the Embassy of Indonesia, Canberra. For his works in the army, on 20 January 2016 Sukotjo received the Grand Meritorious Military Order Star, 3rd class (Bintang Yudha Dharma Nararya) from the armed forces commander.

After three years in Australia, Sukotjo received another promotion as the deputy for foreign intelligence affairs in the State Intelligence Agency on 23 February 2017. He received his second star on 5 May that year. During his tenure, he was appointed as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Pertamina International Exploration and Production on 13 March 2020. His appointment was extended in 2023. and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general eighteen days later. During his tenure, he launched an investigation into Junior Tumilaar, his classmate in the military academy. He officially handed over his post to army chief of staff Dudung Abdurachman on 30 January, and the post remained vacant until now, with Sukotjo's deputy Eka Wijaya Permana acting as the top official in the army military police. He was nominated by the army as the inspector general to the Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs,

In August 2024, President Joko Widodo nominated Sukotjo as Indonesia's ambassador to Pakistan. He passed a fit and proper test held by the House of Representative's first commission in September that year. He was installed by President Prabowo Subianto on 24 March 2025. He presented his credentials to President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari on 22 August 2025.

Personal life Chandra is married to Tamara Yuanita, his childhood sweetheart during high school. The couple has two daughters.