# Chief of the Indonesian National Police

The Chief of the Indonesian National Police, commonly known as the National Police Chief, is the official who heads the Indonesian National Police (Polri).
Since it was first formed, this position has experienced several changes in hierarchy and position names. In the Old Order era, this position had undergone several name changes (such as Men/Pangak, or Minister/Commander of the Police Force as then-member of the cabinet) and in the New Order era the position of the Chief of Police in a hierarchy was under the ABRI Commander.

## History

On 19 August 1945 the Preparatory Committee for Indonesian Independence (PPKI) formed the National Police Agency (BKN). On 29 September 1945 President Sukarno appointed Raden Said Soekanto Tjokrodiatmodjo to become the Chief of the National Police (KKN).
Initially the police were within the Ministry of Internal Affairs under the name Djawatan National Police which was only responsible for administrative matters, while operational issues were accountable to the Attorney General.
Starting from 1 July 1946, the position was directly responsible to the Prime Minister.
In the country of the United States of Indonesia, the Bureau of State Police of the United States of Indonesia was under the Prime Minister through the mediation of the Attorney General in the political and operational fields. Meanwhile, in terms of maintenance and administrative arrangements, the Minister of Home Affairs is responsible. The United States of Indonesia President Sukarno on 21 January 1950 reappointed Soekanto Tjokrodiatmodjo as Chief of the Bureau of Police of the United States of Indonesia. After RIS broke up, Soekanto was reappointed as Head of the Indonesian Police Service Bureau.
In 1961, the State Police became part of the armed forces. In 1962 the position of head of the police department was changed to Minister / Head of State Police, and was changed again to Minister / Chief of Staff of the National Police Force. During the Dwikora Cabinet the position of National Police Chief was changed to become Minister / Commander-in-Chief of the Police Force.
After the reorganization of ABRI in 1970, it again became the Head of the Indonesian National Police (Kapolri), which was under the command of the Commander of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Indonesia (ABRI Commander).
Since 1 April 1999, the Indonesian National Police were separated from the Indonesian Armed Forces from ABRI and became independent. Upon election, the President could receive recommendation nominees from the National Police Commission (Kompolnas) and send his/her preferred candidate(s) to the House of Representatives for approval. Nominees are usually active three-star police generals (Commissioner General rank, such as Chief of Investigation Body, Vice Chief of National Police, Chief of Terrorism Eradication Body, etc.)
The National Police Chief is elected by the President based on the approval of the House of Representatives and is directly responsible to the President.

## List of holders

| No. | Chief of Indonesian National Police | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 1 | Police General Said Soekanto Tjokrodiatmodjo (1908–1993) Police Lieutenant General when became Chief | 29 September 1945 | 14 December 1958 | 13 years, 76 days |
| 2 | Police General Soekarno Djojonegoro (1908–1975) Police Lieutenant General when became Chief | 15 December 1958 | 29 December 1963 | 5 years, 14 days |
| 3 | Police Major General Soetjipto Danoekoesoemo (1922–1998) | 30 December 1963 | 8 May 1965 | 1 year, 129 days |
| 4 | Police Lieutenant General Soetjipto Joedodihardjo (1917–1984) | 9 May 1965 | 15 May 1968 | 3 years, 6 days |
| 5 | Police Lieutenant General Hoegeng Iman Santoso (1922–2004) | 15 May 1968 | 2 October 1970 | 2 years, 140 days |
| 6 | Police Lieutenant General Mohamad Hasan (1920–2005) | 3 October 1970 | 24 June 1976 | 5 years, 265 days |
| 7 | Police Lieutenant General Widodo Budidarmo (1927–2017) | 26 June 1976 | 24 September 1978 | 2 years, 90 days |
| 8 | Police Lieutenant General Awaluddin Djamin (1927–2019) | 26 September 1978 | 3 December 1983 | 4 years, 68 days |
| 9 | Police General Anton Soedjarwo (1930–1988) | 4 December 1983 | 6 June 1985 | 1 year, 184 days |
| 10 | Police General Mochammad Sanoesi (1935–2008) | 7 June 1985 | 19 February 1991 | 5 years, 257 days |
| 11 | Police General Kunarto (1940–2011) | 20 February 1991 | 5 April 1993 | 2 years, 44 days |
| 12 | Police General Banurusman Astrosemitro (1941–2012) Police Lieutenant General when became Chief | 6 April 1993 | 14 March 1996 | 2 years, 343 days |
| 13 | Police General Dibyo Widodo (1946–2012) | 15 March 1996 | 28 June 1998 | 2 years, 105 days |
| 14 | Police General Roesmanhadi (born 1944) | 29 June 1998 | 3 January 2000 | 1 year, 197 days |
| 15 | Police General Roesdihardjo (born 1945) | 4 January 2000 | 22 September 2000 | 262 days |
| 16 | Police General Surojo Bimantoro (born 1946) | 23 September 2000 | 29 November 2002 | 2 years, 67 days |
| — | Police Commissioner General Chairuddin Ismail (born 1947) Acting | 21 July 2001 | 3 August 2002 | 1 year, 13 days |
| 17 | Police General Da'i Bachtiar (born 1949) | 29 November 2002 | 7 July 2005 | 2 years, 220 days |
| 18 | Police General Sutanto (born 1950) | 8 July 2005 | 30 September 2008 | 3 years, 84 days |
| 19 | Police General Bambang Hendarso Danuri (born 1952) | 1 October 2008 | 22 October 2010 | 2 years, 21 days |
| 20 | Police General Timur Pradopo (born 1955) | 22 October 2010 | 25 October 2013 | 3 years, 3 days |
| 21 | Police General Sutarman (born 1957) | 25 October 2013 | 16 January 2015 | 1 year, 83 days |
| — | Police Commissioner General Badrodin Haiti (born 1958) Acting | 16 January 2015 | 17 April 2015 | 91 days |
| 22 | Police General Badrodin Haiti (born 1958) | 17 April 2015 | 13 July 2016 | 1 year, 87 days |
| 23 | Police General Tito Karnavian (born 1964) | 13 July 2016 | 22 October 2019 | 3 years, 101 days |
| — | Police Commissioner General Ari Dono Sukmanto (born 1961) Acting | 22 October 2019 | 1 November 2019 | 9 days |
| 24 | Police General Idham Azis (born 1963) | 1 November 2019 | 27 January 2021 | 1 year, 87 days |
| 25 | Police General Listyo Sigit Prabowo (born 1969) | 27 January 2021 | Incumbent | 4 years, 28 days |