H. Muhammad Prasetyo (born 9 May 1947 in

Tuban Tuban is a town located on the north coast of Java, in Tuban Regency (of which the town is the administrative capital), approximately west of Surabaya, the capital of East Java. Tuban Regency is surrounded by Lamongan Regency in the east, Bojo ...

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) is a former

Attorney General of Indonesia The Office of the Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: ''Kejaksaan Agung Republik Indonesia'') is the competent authority to advise the Government of Indonesia on matters of law. It serves as the central organization for the ...

, serving from October 2014 to 20 October 2019. Prior to taking up the role Prasetyo was an executive of the

NasDem party ) , political_position = Centre to centre-left , national = Onward Indonesia Coalition , international = Progressive AllianceNetwork of Social Democracy in Asia (SOCDEM) , website www.nasdem.id, BallNo = 5 , ...

Death penalty role

Prasetyo has been an outspoken supporter of the use of the death penalty in Indonesia. He was the presiding Attorney General overseeing the executions of two members of the

Bali Nine The Bali Nine were nine Australians convicted for attempting to smuggle of heroin out of Indonesia in April 2005. The heroin was valued at around 4 million and was bound for Australia. Ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were ...

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Living people 1947 births Attorneys General of Indonesia Javanese people {{Indonesia-law-bio-stub