Hendarman Supandji (born in Klaten, Central Java, 6 January 1967) is the Attorney General in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono presidency replacing Abdul Rahman Saleh in the second cabinet reshuffle dated 7 May 2007. Prior occupying this position, he was the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes in Attorney’s General office.

Hendarman graduated from Faculty of Law, University of Diponegoro in year 1972. He continued his education to the Prosecutor Education and Development Program (Program Pendidikan dan Pembentukan Jaksa [PPJ]) and reserved the first posting to District Prosecutor’s Office of Central Jakarta. (1979-1981).

Hendarman has received an award as “A dili gent and honest employee” from Head of Chief’s Prosecutor Office in East Kalimantan in 1970s. Furthermore, he was once posted in District Prosecutor Office of Central Jakarta (1979-1981), Center Intelligent Operation of Attorney’s General Office (1982-1983), Attaché of Prosecutor in Indonesian Embassy, Bangkok (1990-1995), Assistant of Civil and State Administration in Palembang Chief’s Prosecutor Office (1996-1997), Staff expert of Attorney General (1998), Head of Attorney’s General Office Financial Bureau (1998-2002), Chief Prosecutor in Yogyakarta and Secretary to Deputy Attorney for Supervision (2002-2004) prior his appointment to be the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes in 25 April 2005.

In 4 May 2005, Hendarman was inducted by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to be the Head of Corruption Eradication Team (Ketua Tim Pemberantasan Tindak Pidana Korupsi). This team comprise of 48 person from different institution, among other, Police Force of the Republic of Indonesia, Attorney’s General Office and Financial and Development Supervisory Board (Badan Pengawas Keuangan dan Pembangunan [BPKP]), as well as, several advisor from Attorney General, Chief of Police Force of the Republic of Indonesia and Head of BPKP, under direct supervision and shall responsible to the President.

Generally, the duty of this team is stipulated under President Decree Number 11 of 2005. It is stated that the team is authorized to conduct investigation dan prosecution in accordance to the prevailing Indonesian procedural penal law towards a case and or indication of corruption case. Furthermore, the team shall search and capture perpetrator suspected of committing corruption and investigate and secure their whole assets to be financially returned optimally.

Sources:

1. http://www.ghabo.com/gpedia/index.php/Hendarman_Supandji

2. http://kepustakaan-presiden.pnri.go.id/ministers/popup_biodata_pejabat.asp?id=801

3. http://www.antara.co.id/arc/2007/5/7/hendarman-supandji-dari-tim-tastipikor-ke-kib/