Military After graduating from the
Indonesian Military Academy in 1985, he led various platoons and companies in
Kopassus and
Kostrad. By 1998, he was made battalion commander of the 100th airborne infantry battalion (
Prajurit Setia battalion). As a
lieutenant colonel, he was made commander of the 316th military district (
Kodim) and in 2004 he became the chief of staff of the 31st military resort, all in the
Kodam I/Bukit Barisan military region. In 2008, he became the Kodam's operational assistant before he moved to
Magelang in 2010, becoming the commander of the military academy's cadet regiment. He moved again to Papua in 2012, leading the 174th military reserve. After a year under
National Resilience Institute (Lemhanas), he became the commander of the
1st Kostrad Infantry Division in 2014, before returning to Sumatera to become the commander of
Kodam I/Bukit Barisan the following year. Several months after taking the position, he was made the commander of
Kostrad on 31 July 2015. He resigned from his military positions in January 2018 to run in the gubernatorial elections.
Politics Edy joined the
Prosperous Justice Party in January 2018. Running in the
2018 North Sumatra gubernatorial election, Edy faced former
Governor of Jakarta and
Blitar mayor
Djarot Saiful Hidayat. Running with Musa Rajeckshah, Edy was supported by 6 political parties controlling 75% of the seats in the provincial council, while Djarot was supported by
PDI-P and
PPP. Edy won the election, securing over 58 percent of the votes. He was sworn in on 5 September 2018.
Other During his time as Kodam commander, he aided local football team
PSMS Medan to participate in various national football tournaments. In the 2016
PSSI Congress, he was elected its chairman for a four-year term, defeating 5 other candidates including fellow general
Moeldoko after securing 76 out of 100 valid votes. Following his victory in the gubernatorial election, he initially refused to resign from the position despite a wave of demands. He eventually declared his resignation on 20 January 2019. ==References==