Tri Budi Utomo

Tri Budi Utomo (born 6 February 1971) is an Indonesian army general who is currently serving as the secretary general of the defense ministry since 14 November 2024. Prior to his appointment, he held a number of key positions within the military, including Commander of the Mulawarman (East Kalimantan) Regional Military Command, Commander of the Presidential Security Force and Deputy Commander of Kopassus, the Indonesian Army Special Forces Command.

Early life Born in Surakarta, Central Java, on 6 February 1971, Tri Budi Utomo is a graduate of the Military Academy (Akmil) in 1994, where he was commissioned as an infantry second lieutenant on July 26, 1994. He then joined the red beret Kopassus corps upon completing the special corps education in 1995.

Military career Tri served within the Kopassus during his early years in the military, where he was assigned to military operations in East Timor in 1998, Irian Jaya in 2001, and counterinsurgency in Aceh in 2004. He attended a course on counterterrorism and was instructed to attend the Indonesian Army Command and General Staff College in 2009. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 2010 and became the commander of the 811th battalion in Kopassus from 2011 to 2012. He then served as commander of the Bandar Lampung city military district until 2013. He then returned to Kopassus with the rank of colonel, serving as the assistant for personnel affairs to commander Muhammad Herindra from 2015 to 2016 and as commander of Kopassus's counterterrorism unit from 2016 to 2017. He then attended the Armed Forces Command and General Staff College in 2017. Tri Budi Utomo shaking hands with UI rector Heri Hermansyah. In 2020, he returned to Kopassus as deputy commanding, serving until 2021. His superior, the commanding general Mohamad Hasan, had also served as commander of Paspampres's group A. He was installed on 14 November and was promoted to lieutenant general on 6 December. On 21 February 2025, he was appointed to the ex-officio post of the president commissioner of the state-owned company Len Industries.

Personal life Tri is married to Rahma Dewi Suryantari and has a son and a daughter.

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