Edhy Prabowo

Edhy Prabowo (born 24 December 1972 ) is an Indonesian politician from the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra). He served as Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries from October 2019 until his arrest for alleged corruption in November 2020. He has served as Chairperson of Commission IV of the House of Representatives and was chair of the Gerindra Faction there from 2014–2019.

Background Edhy joined the Indonesian military in 1991 but was expelled after only 2 years. After this, he relocated to Jakarta and ended up becoming acquainted with future Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto. The men became close, and Subianto paid for Edhy to get a degree in education as well as to study martial arts (silat).

He graduated with a degree from the Economics department at the University of Prof. Dr. Moestopo in Jakarta in 1997. Also in 2007, Edhy founded a security services company, PT Garuda Security Nusantara, where he served as president director. In the same year, he became a commissioner of PT Kiani Lestari Jakarta, a paper company owned by his patron, Prabowo Subianto. Edhy was re-elected for the 2019–2024 term, though after Prabowo Subianto failed to win the presidency in 2019, Indonesian President Joko Widodo included some Gerindra members in his cabinet including Prabowo Subianto and Edhy, who was appointed Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries on 23 October 2019. His wife and 7 other people was also arrested in connection with the case. A day after his arrest, Edhy resigned from his ministerial position, and his post from Gerindra.

On 15 July 2021 Edhy was sentenced to five years in prison, he was also fined IDR 400 million and obligated to pay IDR9,8 billion and also 77.000 USD in compensation. The punishment was revised in November 2021 where he was sentenced to nine years in prison.

On 7 March 2022 Edhy's appeal was granted and his punishment was reduced to 5 years in prison and IDR 400 million in fines.