

Perkasa graduated from the Indonesian Military Academy in 1987 (Class 1987), and was commissioned to the Army Special Forces (Kopassus) as a platoon commander.

The Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, The George Washington University (Washington D.C., USA).Īndika Perkasa as an officer cadet in the Indonesian Military Academy (Akmil), 1987.Harvard University, (Cambridge, MA, USA).National War College, National Defense University ( Washington D.C., United States).The Military College of Vermont, Norwich University ( Northfield, Vermont, United States).Indonesian Army Command and General Staff College, best graduate of class XXXVII (37) 1999/2000.Indonesian Military Academy, graduated 1987.He is married to Diah Erwiany, who is the daughter of the then Indonesian State Intelligence Agency chief, Hendropriyono. Perkasa was born in Bandung, West Java on 21 December 1964. He became the Commander of the Presidential Security Force by 2014 and saw rapid rise through his career, holding important and strategic positions and being promoted from a one-star brigadier general to a four-star general just within five years. He then continued his studies in the United States for eight years. Upon passing out from the Military Academy in 1987, he began his career in the Infantry and was first commissioned to the 2nd Group Para Commandos, Army Special Forces Command in 1987. He was appointed by President of Indonesia Joko Widodo in November 2021, replacing the retiring ACM Hadi Tjahjanto. General Muhammad Andika Perkasa (born Fransiskus Xaverius Emanuel Andika Perkasa 21 December 1964) is an Indonesian general who previously served as the 21st Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces ( Panglima TNI).
