Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan

Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan
Luhut in 2023
5th Coordinating Minister of Maritime and Investment Affairs
In office 27 July 2016 – 20 October 2024
President	Joko Widodo
Preceded by	Rizal Ramli
13th Coordinating Minister of Political, Legal and Security Affairs
In office 12 August 2015 – 27 July 2016
President	Joko Widodo
Preceded by	Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno
Succeeded by	Wiranto
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (Acting)
In office 15 August 2016 – 14 October 2016
President	Joko Widodo
Preceded by	Arcandra Tahar
Succeeded by	Ignasius Jonan
1st Presidential Chief of Staff
In office 31 December 2014 – 2 September 2015
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Teten Masduki
19th Minister of Industry and Trade
In office 24 August 2000 – 23 July 2001
President	Abdurrahman Wahid
Preceded by	Jusuf Kalla
Succeeded by	Rini Soemarno
Indonesian Ambassador to Singapore
In office 1999–2000
Preceded by	Herman Bernhard Leopold Mantiri
Succeeded by	Johan S. Syahperi
Other roles
2018–	Chairman of the National Team for Increasing the Use of Domestic Production
2020–	Deputy Chairman of the COVID-19 Handling and National Economic Recovery
2021–	Chairman of the National Priority Lake Rescue Steering Committee
2021–	Coordinator for the PPKM Emergency for Java-Bali
2021–	Chairman of the Proudly Made Indonesia National Movement Team
2021–	Chairman of the High-speed Train Committee for Jakarta-Bandung
Personal details
Born	(1947-09-28) 28 September 1947 (age 77) Silaen, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Political party	Golkar
Spouse	Devi Simatupang
Relations	Nurmala Kartini Sjahrir (sister)
Children	4
Alma mater	Indonesian Military Academy George Washington University (MPA) National Defense University
Awards	Adhi Makayasa
Signature
Nickname	LBP
Military service
Allegiance	Indonesia
Branch/service	Indonesian Army
Years of service	1970–1999
Rank	General (honorary)
Unit	Infantry (Kopassus)
Commands	Detachment 81 Counter-Terrorist
Battles/wars	Communist insurgency in Sarawak Operation Seroja Insurgency in East Timor

Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan (EYD: Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, born 28 September 1947) is an Indonesian politician, businessman, and retired four-star Army general who has been serving as Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment since October 2019. He previously served in various posts in his political career, including the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs from July 2016 to October 2019, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs from August 2015 to July 2016, and Chief of Staff to President Joko Widodo. He was also Minister of Trade and Industry in President Abdurrahman Wahid's cabinet and Indonesian Ambassador to Singapore from 1999 to 2000.

Luhut's military positions included Commander of the Army's elite Special Forces (Kopassus) Group 3, Commander of the Infantry Weaponry Center (Pussenif), and head of the Army Education and Training Command (Kodiklat). He was the founding commander of Detachment 81 (now Sat-81/Gultor), the counter-terrorism unit of Kopassus, where his deputy was Prabowo Subianto.

After retiring from the military, in 2004 he founded Toba Sejahtra Group, which has interests in natural resources (oil, gas, and mining), electricity generation (coal, gas and geothermal) and agriculture (palm oil).

Luhut is chairman of Del Foundation, which has established schools and a technology college for underprivileged students. He is also the founder of the Luhur Bakti Pertiwi Foundation, an institution that aims to nurture young Indonesian talents. In 2011, Luhut received Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Social Development category.