Amarulla Octavian

Octavian was commissioned as officers of several Indonesian naval ships until 1994. He later become commanders of various naval formations since 2003 to 2016.^[1]

During 2009 to 2012, he was adjutant of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.^[7][8]

He became lecturer at Indonesian Defense University in 2014.^[9] He later appointed as Dean of Faculty of Defense Management of Indonesian Defense University in 2016. In 2018, he appointed as Commander of Indonesian Navy Command and General Staff College. In 2020, he appointed as rector of Indonesian Defense University.^[1][9]

In 2022, he was considered by Joko Widodo to be the next Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy replacing Admiral Yudo Margono,^[10] but later Joko Widodo chose Vice Admiral Muhammad Ali as the chief instead of him on 28 December 2022.^[11]

On 3 August 2023, Octavian appointed by Joko Widodo as deputy chairman of BRIN. In his appointment ceremony as deputy chairman, however, Joko Widodo represented by Megawati Soekarnoputri as Chairwoman of BRIN Steering Committee.^[12] Laksana Tri Handoko revealed that his appointment was because of the need to share power and responsibilities to manage BRIN human resources and monitoring of several critical research centers.^[13][14]