Profile of Nugroho Sulistyo Budi, Head of the National Cyber and Crypto Agency
Jakarta (ANTARA) – TNI Lieutenant General Nugroho Sulistyo Budi has been elected to his new position as Head of the State Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN), which was previously held by TNI Lieutenant General (Ret.) Hinsa Siburian.
This position was determined by the appointment of TNI Commander General TNI Agus Subiyanto who transferred, rotated and promoted 300 high-ranking officers to serve in the TNI, State Intelligence Agency (BIN), BSSN, Basarnas, ministries and the Defense University.
Then, this decision was included on December 6 2024 in the TNI Commander’s Decree Number Kep/1545/XII/2024.
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So, who is the new leader of the National Cyber and Crypto Agency? The following is a review of his profile.
Nugroho Sulistyo Budi, graduated from the Military Academy in 1991, who is one of the highest ranking TNI-AD officers who has the rank of Lieutenant General. He was born in 1967 and is currently 57 years old.
This high military rank is based on the Order of the TNI Commander Number Sprin/2662/XI/2024 dated 29 November 2024, which appointed 13 Pati TNI AD, 2 Pati TNI AL and 1 Pati TNI AU, including Nugroho.
Nugroho’s initial career was as Dandim 0733/BS in 2009-2011 who led the Type A Kodim in the Semarang area which was under the Regional Military Command IV/Diponegoro.
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Then, he moved to become an Intermediate Agent for BIN in the Central Java region. In 2016, Nugroho was transferred to serve as Director of Mass Communications Deputy for Communications and Information at BIN based on TNI Commander Decree No. Kep/463/VI/2016.
After four years, Nugroho switched duties within the Indonesian Minister of Defense. During the 2020-2024 term of office of Minister of Defense, President Prabowo, he was entrusted with the position of Expert Staff to the Minister of Defense for Political Affairs.
On October 18 2024, TNI Commander General TNI Agus Subiyanto issued a decision on the promotion and transfer of high-ranking officers to serve within the presidency. One of them, Nugroho was also elected as Main Inspector of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN).
For his new position, Nugroho, who previously served as Expert Staff to the Minister of Defense for Political Affairs, has…do handed over the position to Brigadier General TNI Endro Satoto on November 8 2024, led by the Indonesian Minister of Defense, Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin.
However, his last position as Main Inspector of BIN was not carried out until the end of the period because now he was given a new trust as Head of the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN).
During his career in the military, Nugroho was recorded as having joined Group IV Kopassus, namely Team Mawar, during his pro-democracy activism period in 1997-1998.
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Reporter: Putri Atika Chairulia
Editor: Suryanto
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