He is only the third person of military background to occupy the office, after Navy retiree Tarmizi Taher (1993–1998) and Army general Alamsyah Ratu Perwiranegara (1978–1983).

[4] He commanded Indonesia's Garuda Contingent between August 1989 and September 1990 as part of the United Nations Iran–Iraq Military Observer Group, while ranked lieutenant colonel.

[9] After retiring from active service, Razi went into hiatus for three years before being appointed as president commissioner at Toba Sejahtera Group, which belongs to Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan.

[14] In the 2019 Indonesian presidential election, Razi led the "Bravo 5" team, composing of retired armed forces officers supporting Joko Widodo's ultimately successful reelection campaign.

[18] In September 2020, he was criticized by parliament's commission on religious affairs after he said radicalism was being spread by "good-looking" people who were good Quran reciters and Arabic speakers.