Muhammad Tito Karnavian (born 26 October 1964) is an Indonesian politician and retired police general who is currently serving as Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia since 23 October 2019. Previously, he was

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from 13 July 2016 until 23 October 2019, and was confirmed unanimously in the People's Representative Council, replacing Badrodin Haiti.

Early life and education

Education

Tito studied at SMA Negeri 2 Palembang and then continued his education at the Indonesian Military Academy in 1987 because it was free and did not want to burden his parents with fees. In 1993 , Tito completed his education at the

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in England and earned an MA in Police Studies, and completed his education at the College of Police Science (STIK) in Jakarta in 1996and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Police Studies. Elementary school and junior high school are taken at Xaverius School, then senior high school is taken at SMA Negeri 2 Palembang. When he was in grade 3, Tito started taking the pilot exam. He passed all tests, starting from the Indonesian Armed Forces Academy, Medicine at Sriwijaya University , International Relations at Gadjah Mada University, and the State College of Accountancy. All four graduated, but the chosen one was the Indonesian Military Academy, especially the Police Academy.

Education

* ''Elementary School'': SD Xaverius 4 Palembang (1976) * ''Middle School'': SMP Xaverius 2 Palembang (1980) * ''High School'': SMA Negeri 2 Palembang (1983) * ''Police Academy'': Akademi Kepolisian (1987) * Master of Arts (M.A.) in Police Studies,

, UK (1993) * Perguruan Tinggi Ilmu Kepolisian (PTIK) (1996) * Royal New Zealand Air Force Command & Staff College,

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, New Zealand (Sesko) (1998) * Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Strategic Studies,

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. New Zealand (1998) * Ph.D in Strategic Studies with interest on Terrorism and Islamist Radicalization at

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, Singapore (2013)

As Minister of Home Affairs

;FPI dissolvement Tito rejected to extend the validity recommendation to hardline Islamic group '' Front Pembela Islam'' (FPI) by claiming that the group has an 'Islamic caliphate' (''khilafah islamiyah'') purpose which he connected with

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-style caliphate and without national ideology of ' Pancasila', while former Religion Minister Fachrul Razi had allowed the recommendation to the group as long as the members ready to vow that Pancasila as their ideology. This polemic leading to a force disbandment of ''Front Pembela Islam'' on 30 December 2020, after Fachrul Razi was replaced as Religion Minister. ;Decree on local leaders During pandemic in 2020, he issued a ministerial decree claiming that local leaders (governors or mayors) would be directly sacked by Home Minister if they violated health regulations. However, senior lawyer

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explained that no minister, nor even president, had the rights to remove local leaders from their position because they were constitutionally elected by the people and only the parliament as people's representatives had the lawful rights to depose the local leaders through impeachment process. ;Split of West Papua Shortly after his inauguration as Home Affairs Minister in October 2019, Tito confirmed that there would be a formation of a South Papua province, which was to be split from Papua. Later on, in April 2021, Tito proposed on splitting

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into six provinces; Southwest Papua, West Papua, Central Papua, Central Mountains, South Papua, and Papua Tabi Saireri.

Gallery

Tito Karnavian.jpg, Karnavian as Chief of National Agency for Combating Terrorism Jenderal Tito Karnavian.jpg, Karnavian as Chief of National Police of Indonesia

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karnavian, Tito 1964 births Living people Indonesian police officers People from Palembang Indonesian Muslims Indonesian people of Malay descent Onward Indonesia Cabinet Government ministers of Indonesia Nanyang Technological University alumni