155 high-ranking officers promoted
155 high-ranking officers promoted
JAKARTA (JP): One hundred and fifty-five high-ranking officers
from the four military corps were promoted yesterday.
Dressed in their uniforms the military officials reported
their new ranks to the Armed Forces Chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung at
the Cilangkap headquarters, East Jakarta, yesterday morning.
The ceremony was part of last month's massive leadership
reshuffle in the Army, Navy, Air Force and National Police, which
affected 298 high-ranking officials.
Four two-star generals were promoted one rank higher to three-
star. They were Armed Forces' Inspector General Vice Adm.
Soeratmin, Deputy Navy Chief of Staff Vice Adm. Widodo A.S,
Deputy Air Force Chief of Staff Air Vice Marshall Djatmiko S. and
Deputy National Police Chief Lt. Gen. Luthfi Dahlan.
The rank promotion in the Army involved 31 brigadier-generals
to major-generals. They included Chief of the Bukit Barisan
Regional Military Command Maj. Gen. T. Rizal Nurdin, Chief of the
Sriwijaya Regional Military Command Maj. Gen. Suadi Atma, Chief
of the Brawijaya Regional Military Command Maj. Gen. Djadja
Suparman, Chief of the Tanjung Pura Regional Military Command
Maj. Gen. Muchdi P.R. and Chief of the Udayana Regional Military
Command Maj. Gen. Syahrir M.S.
In the Navy, four commodores were elevated to rear admirals.
Assistant for Security Affairs to the Navy Chief of Staff Rear
Adm. Berty Ekel and Assistant for Intelligence Affairs to the
Armed Forces Chief Rear Adm. Yuswadji were among those promoted.
In the Air Force, five commodores advanced to rear marshal
positions. They included the Air Force Chief's Coordinator of
Expert Staff Air Rear Marshal Priyo Utoyo, Governor of the Air
Force Academy Air Rear Marshal Cheppy Hakim, Chief of the Air
Force Staff and Command School Air Rear Marshal Tjutju Djuanda.
Twelve one-star police officers were promoted to two-star
generals. They included Assistant to the Police Chief for
Planning and Budgeting Maj. Gen. Adang Daradjatun, Assistant to
the Police Chief for Security Affairs Maj. Gen. Marwan Paris,
Assistant to the Police Chief for Intelligence Affairs Maj. Gen.
I.G.N. Koes Sujudono and Chief of the Police's Corps of
Detectives Maj. Gen. Nurfaizi.
The rank promotion also included colonels who became one-star
generals. There were 43 Army colonels promoted to brigadier-
generals, 15 Navy colonels to commodores, 19 Air Force colonels
to commodores and 22 police colonels to brigadier-generals.
Included in the list were Deputy Chief of the Bukit Barisan
Regional Military Command Brig. Gen. Djibut Hindartono, Deputy
Chief of the Diponegoro Regional Military Command Brig. Gen.
Bibit Waluyo, Armed Forces Spokesman Brig. Gen. A. Wahab
Mokodongan and Police Spokesman Brig. Gen. Trimada Dani. (imn)