Abstract
This research analyzes the appointment of Pol Commissioner General (Komjen) Pol Mochamad Iriawan
as Acting Governor of Answers. Because according to Law No. 2 of 2002 concerning National Police of
the Republic of Indonesia, it is stated in Article 28 that members of the police must not involve themselves
in practical political activities and if they are going to occupy positions outside the National Police, they
must resign. Pol Commissioner General (Komjen) Mochamad Iriawan is still a unit within the Indonesian
National Police and where his appointment as Acting Governor of West Java is a proposal of the Ministry
of Internal Affairs (Mendagri) which then Commissioner General (Komjen) Pol M Iriawan is appointed as
the Acting Governor of West Java in dated 18-06-2018 which was then handled by the president
according to the Presidential Decree Number 106 / P of 2018 concerning the Inauguration of the Dismissal
of the Governor / Deputy Governor of West Java for the 2013-2018 Term and the Appointment of the
Acting Governor of West Java. This study uses normative, the author will analyze in the appointment of
an active police officer who became Acting Governor of West Java. The results of this study concluded
that the appointment of the Minister of Home Affairs made Komjen M Iriawan as Acting Governor of West
Java in violation of Law No. 2 of 2002 concerning the Indonesian National Police and Law No. 5 of 2014
concerning State Civil Apparatus. In this Law, all procedures are regulated if a police officer wants to
occupy a position within the State Civil Apparatus.