Hendro promoted to Lt. General

Hendro promoted to Lt. General

JAKARTA (JP): The newly inducted Secretary of Development
Operations A. M. Hendropriyono has had his military ranking
raised to lieutenant general.

Hendro, former chief of the Jakarta Military Command, reported
his promotion to the Armed Forces chief Gen. Feisal Tanjung
yesterday.

Also reporting promotion to Feisal were Hendro's predecessor
Maj. Gen. (ret.) Tuk Setyohadi, Brig. Gen. (ret.) Dadad Kustiwa
and Brig. Gen. (ret.) Saffrudin Bahar, Antara reported.

The three were retired when their military rankings climbed,
making them the second group of retirees to receive the honors
after Soesilo Soedarman and Azwar Anas who became retired
generals due to their appointments as cabinet ministers in 1993.

Hendro, 51, once seen as a promising military star, was given
the civilian job last December after serving the Army Training
School in Bandung, West Java since 1994.

His new position at the State Secretariat brings him closer to
the center of power because he is responsible for assisting the
President supervise development programs.

Hendro holds a masters degree in business administration and
is an undergraduate of the Jakarta-based Military Legal
Institute.

He spent most of his military career in the Army Special
Forces.

Tuk was given a new post in the State Secretariat. So was
Safruddin who is one of experts in the staff of Minister/State
Secretary Moerdiono.

Dadad is now the operational director at the state-owned
telecommunications company PT Telkom. (amd)