Salundik Gohong (8 August 1946 – 23 February 2023) was an Indonesian military officer and politician who served as the mayor of Palangka Raya from 1998 until 2003 and as an MP in the Central Kalimantan Regional People's Representative Council from 2004 until 2007. Early life Gohong was born on 8 August 1946 in Bawan, a small village in the Pulang Pisau Regency, as the son of Hermen Gohong and Fransinae. He began his education at a people's school (equivalent to primary school) in the nearby regency of Kapuas. He finished people's school in 1958 and continued studying at a junior high school in Kuala Kurun, Gunung Mas Regency, which he completed in 1962. From there, Salundik moved to Palangka Raya, the capital of Central Kalimantan, and finished his high school there in 1966. Upon obtaining his high school diploma, Gohong applied for the Indonesian Military Academy (at that time the Indonesian Armed Forces Academy, Land Section) in Magelang. He was accepted and undertook military education in the academy for four years. He graduated from the academy on 8 December 1971 and was installed as second lieutenant from the infantry corps. Military career After becoming a second lieutenant, Gohong attended a brief course on infantry tactics before being assigned as a platoon commander in Palangkaraya in 1972. He was then sent to study intelligence in Bogor for four months in 1973 before receiving a promotion as company commander the next year. In 1975, Gohong was reassigned to Buntok and became the chief intelligence officer of the local military district. He held this position for four years before attending a course for intelligence unit commanders in Bogor. After finishing this course, he was transferred to Banjarmasin, the capital of South Kalimantan, as commander of the intelligence unit in the city. Salundik left the position of intelligence unit commander in 1982 and was appointed the head of the intelligence service in the Airborne Combat Command. He retained this position after the command was reorganized as the Kostrad 1st Infantry Division. During his tenure in the infantry division, Gohong was sent to East Timor, where he led several intelligence operations in the province. He also completed a military advanced course in 1982 and a course on nuclear biological chemistry, in 1983. Gohong ended his service in the infantry division in 1988 and became the intelligence chief of the Sunan Gunung Jati Mlitary Area