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View all search resultsFormer Tim Mawar members promoted to Defense Ministry
President Jokowi has appointed six military officers to strategic posts within the Defense Ministry, including two former members of the infamous Tim Mawar (Rose Team) of the Army’s Special Forces (Kopassus), which was implicated in the notorious forced disappearances of activists in the late 1990s.
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resident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has appointed six military officers to strategic posts within the Defense Ministry, including two former members of the infamous Tim Mawar (Rose Team) of the Army’s Special Forces (Kopassus), which was implicated in the notorious forced disappearances of activists in the late 1990s.
Defense Ministry spokesman Brig. Gen. Djoko Purwanto confirmed the appointments — stipulated by a presidential decree on Wednesday — but said the administrative process was still ongoing.
“The inauguration will take place following the approval of the Indonesian Military [TNI] commander,” Djoko said on Friday, referring to TNI commander Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto.
According to the decree, a copy of which was obtained by The Jakarta Post, former Tim Mawar member Brig. Gen. Dadang Hendrayudha, who previously served as the head of the general affairs bureau at the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) secretariat, will serve as the Defense Ministry’s director general for defense potential.
The defense potential director general position has been reserved for civilians during the three previous defense ministers, Ryamiard Ryacudu and his predecessors Purnomo Yusgiantoro and Juwono Sudarsono.
Brig. Gen. Yulius Selvanus, another former member of Tim Mawar who currently serves at the Praja Vira Tama Regional Military Command (Korem) in Sorong, West Papua, has been appointed to helm the ministry’s Strategic Defense Installation Agency (Bainstrahan).
Both Dadang and Yulius will receive an additional star, effectively being promoted to major generals, as their new positions are two-star berths.
