Desmond Junaidi Mahesa (12 December 1965 – 24 June 2023) was an Indonesian politician from Gerindra who served as a member of the People's Representative Council from 2009 until his death in 2023.

[1] His father, Muchtar bin Sirin, was a farmer and laborer, while his mother, Sa’diah binti Ubak, was an egg seller.

[2] On 4 February 1998, several months before the fall of Suharto, Mahesa and several other activists were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen near the Salemba campus of the University of Indonesia.

[5] Other clients of Mahesa included former Kopassus commander Muchdi Purwopranjono[6] and business magnate Eka Tjipta Widjaja.

[1] Mahesa joined Gerindra in 2008 and was nominated by the party for a People's Representative Council seat from the East Kalimantan constituency.

[7] Mahesa's campaign in East Kalimantan was described as "lackluster", but he received a lot of phone calls from the namecards that he distributed.

[11] During his career in the People's Representative Council, Mahesa was seated in commission III, which handles law, human rights, and defense matters.

[12] Mahesa also refused to invoke the parliamentary inquiry rights in the Bank Century Scandal[13] and questioned the legality of the appointment of Hendarman Supandji as attorney general.