Yudo Margono
Admiral Yudo Margono is an Indonesian navy officer who served as the 22nd Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces from December 2022 to November 2023. President Joko Widodo appointed him to replace the retiring General Andika Perkasa.
Born on November 26, 1965, in Madiun, East Java, his parents were farmers. After high school he joined the Indonesian Naval Academy and was the only one of his friends to be accepted. He graduated in 1988 and began his career as an assistant to the missile officer on KRI Wilhelmus Zakarias Yohannes, later becoming head of operations on KRI Ki Hajar Dewantara and executive officer on KRI Fatahillah.
Margono commanded several ships, including KRI Pandrong, KRI Sutanto, and KRI Ahmad Yani. He led naval bases in Tual (2004) and Sorong (2008–2010), and between 2010 and 2012 he served as escort commander and training officer of the Eastern Fleet. From 2014 to 2016 he commanded the Belawan naval base. He rose through the ranks, becoming a training officer and reaching the rank of colonel in 2013.
He was chief of staff of the Western Fleet (2016–2017), then commander of the Military Sealift Command (2017–2018), and later commander of the Western Fleet (which became the 1st Fleet) from 2018 to 2019. He then served as joint commander of the 1st Defense Territorial Joint Command (2019–2020). Margono was promoted to rear admiral in December 2017.
In May 2020 he became the Navy chief of staff and was promoted to four-star admiral. During the COVID-19 response in 2020, he helped coordinate hospital efforts at Galang Island and the Kemayoran Athletes Village.
In December 2022, President Widodo named him the Commander of the National Armed Forces, a position he held until November 2023. He was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Military Division on May 3, 2022, for strengthening relations between Indonesia and Australia.
He is married to Veronica Yulis Prihayati.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 23:46 (CET).