Judges found Nadiem guilty of graft tied to the procurement of Chromebooks for schools during the Covid-19 pandemic, resulting in around US$120 million in state losses.
The anti-corruption court in Jakarta also ordered Nadiem to pay a fine of 1 billion rupiah ($55,850) and another 809 billion (more than $45 million) in restitution -- or serve an addition prison term.
The case represents a remarkable turnaround for the Ivy League-educated co-founder of ride-hailing app Gojek, once seen as a poster boy for Indonesia's tech startup scene.
Nadiem, 41, became one of the country's youngest cabinet members in 2019 and served as education minister until 2024.
Prosecutors had argued that his decision to purchase Chromebook laptops, which use Google's operating system ChromeOS, was linked with the U.S. tech giant's investment in Gojek and had cost the state around $120 million in losses.
