Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono

He is also the grandson of Lt. Gen. (ret.) Sarwo Edhie Wibowo (1925–1989), who was the father of his mother.

Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (born 10 August 1978), commonly referred to as AHY, is an Indonesian politician and former army major who is currently serving as the leader of the Democratic Party.

Born on 10 August 1978, in Bandung, West Java, Agus graduated from the Indonesian Military Academy in 1999.

During his time in the military, he undertook higher formal education.

Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono was born on 10 August 1978, in Bandung, West Java.

His father is Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the 6th President of the Republic of Indonesia and former General of the Armed Forces.

While his mother is Kristiani Herrawati, more commonly known as Ani Yudhoyono.

He also has one younger brother, Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono, born in 1980.

During his childhood, he moved and lived in numbers of places, following his father's duties and education as an army officer.

He spent most of his childhood in East Timor when his father took up military service there.

From 1984 to 1988, he studied at the Kuntum Wijaya Kusuma Elementary School, in Pasar Rebo, East Jakarta.

From 1988 to 1991 he attended David J. Brewer School, Leavenworth, Kansas.

In 1991, AHY continued his study at SMPN 5 Bandung.

After completing his Junior High School education, AHY continued his education at Taruna Nusantara High School, Magelang in 1994.

He is an Indonesian Military Academy graduate.

During his first and second years at the Military Academy, he won the Tri Sakti Wiratama award given for collective achievements in academic, physical and personal personality.

he was commander of the Youth Corps Regiment in 1999.

There, he also joined the Drum band Canka Lokananta Military Academy as a bass drummer, (who is often referred to as "Tidar Tiger").

Serving in the Army from 2000 until 2016, he is the executive director of the Yudhoyono Institute and founder of the Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono Foundation.

He is the son of former Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, more commonly known as SBY.

AHY then passed AKMIL with the best graduate and awarded Bintang Adi Makayasa in December 2000.

During his assignment in the military as an officer, AHY also undertook formal higher education.

After graduating from AKMIL, AHY attended the Infantry Branching School and the Intel Combat Course in 2001.

He later joined the Army Strategic Reserve Command (Kostrad).

While serving in the Army, AHY joined the security operations in Aceh in 2002 and UN peace operations in Lebanon in 2006.

He also co-founded the Indonesian Defense University.

In 2002, AHY who was a Brigadier of 17 Kostrad, assigned as a platoon commander in the 305th Airborne Infantry Battalion / Tengkorak.

That time, he was sent  to Aceh for a risky task in the Security Restoration Operation.

He received a Master of Science in Strategic Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2006, Master in Public Administration from Harvard University, United States in 2010, and Master of Arts in Leadership and Management from Webster University in the United States.

AHY has three Masters education degrees: Master of Science in Strategic Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2006, Master in Public Administration from Harvard University, United States in 2010, and Master of Arts in Leadership and Management from Webster University in the United States, won the title of summa cum laude in 2015 with the GPA of 4.0.

Yudhoyono served the Indonesian National Army, starting as a platoon commander in the Operations section to the company commander in the elite unit of the 305 Kostrad Airborne Infantry Battalion.

In 2015, he led one of the Capital's security units.

In 2016, he left the military and entered politics.

In 2016, he was appointed by the Democratic Party, the National Awakening Party (PKB), the United Development Party (PPP), and the National Mandate Party (PAN), to become a candidate for the 2017 Jakarta Governor election.

Despite losing the election to Anies Baswedan, he remained active in politics.

He commanded the Joint Task Command (Kogasma) to win Indonesia's 2019 General Election.

On early 2019 he targeted to achieve 15 percent of national vote, but later he revised the target to achieve 10 percent of national vote.

He was then given a new position as Deputy chairman of the Democratic Party.

He was also elected to be the leader of the Democratic Party by acclamation on 15 March 2020.

On 21 February 2024, he was appointed Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning by President Joko Widodo.