The Track Record of Listyo Sigit Prabowo Before Becoming National Police Chief, Successfully Handling Two Major Cases
President Prabowo Subianto has submitted a Presidential Letter (Surpres) to the House of Representatives (DPR) regarding the dismissal of National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo.
“This morning, the leadership of the DPR received Presidential Letter Number R57/Surpres/09/2026, dated 30 September 2026, concerning the proposal for dismissal from the position of National Police Chief and the appointment to the position of National Police Chief,” stated the Chairman of Commission III of the DPR, Habiburokhman, on Thursday (1/10/2026).
It has since been reported that Inspector General Suyudi Ario Seto underwent a fit and proper test to fill the National Police Chief position. The DPR subsequently approved Suyudi’s appointment during a plenary session.
Before serving as National Police Chief for five years, Listyo Sigit Prabowo was known to have successfully handled two major cases.
Listyo Sigit Prabowo has been serving as the National Police Chief since 27 January 2021. He was inaugurated by the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, at the State Palace in Jakarta, replacing General Idham Azis.
Below is the career journey of Listyo Sigit Prabowo.
General Listyo Sigit Prabowo was born in Ambon, Maluku, on 5 May 1969. Before being selected as the sole candidate for National Police Chief by President Jokowi, the 1991 Police Academy (Akpol) alumnus had completed numerous assignments.
Listyo Sigit Prabowo’s track record includes the arrest of Djoko Tjandra, a convict in the Bank Bali case who had been a fugitive for 11 years.
Another major case handled by him and his subordinates was the fire at the Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) building. Investigators from the Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) identified 11 suspects in the incident.
Previously, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo served as the Head of the Solo Metropolitan Police (Kapolresta Solo) in 2011, replacing Irjen Pol. Drs. Nana Sujana, who held the rank of Police Commissioner at the time. Subsequently, in 2012, he served as the Head of Sub-Directorate II of the Directorate of General Crimes at the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim Polri).
In 2014, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo served as an aide to President Jokowi until 2016. Following this, he was appointed as the Head of the Banten Regional Police in 2016 and Head of the National Police Internal Affairs Division (Kadiv Propam) from 2018 to 2019.
On 6 December 2019, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo began his tenure as the Head of the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency (Kabareskrim), replacing Police General (Ret.) Drs. Idham Azis, who was inaugurated by President Joko Widodo as the National Police Chief.
Subsequently, on 13 January 2021, President Joko Widodo proposed him to the DPR-RI as the sole candidate for National Police Chief to replace Idham Azis.