Roy Binilang Bawatanusa Janis (22 August 1957 – 28 December 2020) was an Indonesian politician who was a member of the People's Representative Council from 1999 until 2005, and was the first chairman of the Democratic Renewal Party.

His father, Nevton Janis, was the CEO of the Pelni company in Surabaya and was a member of the Indonesian National Party, while his mother, Venesia Kansiro, was a housewife.

[2] He graduated from the university nine years later in 1986 with a bachelor thesis titled The Position of Three Vice Presidents According to the Indonesian State Law (Kedudukan Tiga Wakil Presiden Menurut Hukum Tata Negara Indonesia).

[3] Janis achieved his master's degree (S-2) in Military Law School (STHM) with a thesis titled Juridical Analysis: Implementation and Implications on Note Agreement between GAM and the Indonesian Government (Analisis Yuridis Implementasi dan Implikasi Nota Kesepahaman Pemerintah RI dan GAM).

Janis was elected for a two-year term as a chairperson of the Student's Senate of the Faculty of Law of the University of Indonesia.

He received his first office appointment when he became a member of the People's Consultative Assembly from the Indonesian Democratic Party on 1 October 1992.

[7] The dualism culminated in the 27 July 1996 incident, in which the Megawati faction refused to leave the party's headquarters.

[12] Due to sharp differences in Bali Congress of PDIP in April 2005, which was the beginning of the Renewal Movement of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, he resigned from his membership in the People's Representative Council in October 2005.