Dudung Abdurachman Officially Appointed as Head of KSP Replacing Qodari

Retired General Dudung Abdurachman, former Chief of Staff of the Army (KSAD), has been appointed as the Head of the Presidential Staff Office (KSP), replacing M. Qodari. He was inaugurated based on a recent Presidential Decree. The inauguration ceremony took place at the State Palace in Jakarta on Monday (27/4). With Dudung’s appointment as Head of KSP, the position is once again held by a figure with a military background. Before Qodari, the role was filled by A. M. Putranto, a retired TNI soldier from the Army branch. In addition to the Prabowo administration, during the tenure of the seventh President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, the Head of KSP position was also held by two retired TNI generals, namely Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan and Moeldoko. Before being inaugurated as Head of KSP today, Dudung served as the President’s special advisor on National Defence. Dudung is a retired TNI Army officer. He is a graduate of the Military Academy Class of 1988 and retired as a four-star general with his last position as KSAD. In addition, Dudung has held several strategic positions in the TNI. Dudung was promoted to brigadier general when trusted to become Deputy Governor of the Military Academy (2015-2016), then continued as special staff to the Chief of Staff of the TNI Army (2016-2017), and Deputy Territorial Assistant to the KSAD (2017-2018). He was then promoted to major general while serving as Governor of the Military Academy (2018-2020), then continued leading the region as Commander of the Jayakarta Military Region (Pangdam V Jaya) (2020-2021). After becoming Pangdam, Dudung was promoted to Commander of the Army Strategic Reserve Command (Pangkostrad), replacing Lieutenant General TNI Eko Margiyono in 2021. Subsequently, Dudung was trusted to lead the highest command of the Army branch as KSAD.