Lumintang appointed Defense Ministry's Secretary General
Lumintang appointed Defense Ministry's Secretary General
JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Defense Mahfud MD installed on
Tuesday the former governor of the National Resilience Institute
(Lemhannas) Lt. Gen. Johny J. Lumintang as the ministry's
secretary general, replacing Lt. Gen. Sugiono.
Johny will be replaced by Ermaya Suradinata. The installment
of Ermaya, currently Directorate General for National Integration
at the Ministry of Home Affairs and Regional Autonomy, will take
place on Thursday.
The outgoing secretary general, Sugiono, will become a high
officer at the TNI headquarters.
"The reshuffle is something usual and has become part of our
institution's life," Mahfud said.
"What is special in today's reshuffle is, the hand-over and
installment of the officials is heavily related to the
reorganization of the defense ministry," Mahfud said during the
inauguration ceremony.
He announced that the ministry now has five directorate
generals, instead of three.
"Based on Presidential Decree No. 165/2000, the ministry of
defense has been expanded, from three directorate generals to
five...
"The reorganization is a must in efforts to boost the ministry
in carrying out governmental duties in the defense area," Mahfud
said.
Former Indonesian military spokesman Maj. Gen. Sudrajat was
named the director general of defense strategy.
Rear Admiral Bambang Murgiyanto, formerly a personal assistant
to the Navy chief of staff, was appointed directorate general of
defense potency; Rear Marshal Lambert F. Silooy, a former
personal assistant to the Air Force chief of staff, was named the
new director general of defense force; Maj. Gen. Aqlani Maza, a
former expert staff to the Ministry of Defense, was the new
director general of defense facility.
The only civilian who was promoted to the top position was Mas
Widjaja, a former treasurer at the Finance Ministry. He will hold
the post of director general of defense system planning.
Mahfud also installed a former chairman of National Institute
of Sciences (LIPI), Soefjan Tsauri, as chairman of the ministry's
research and development section.
The ministry used to have three directorate generals:
directorate general of general planning and budget; directorate
general of materials, facilities, and services; and directorate
general of human resources. Heads of these three directorate
generals, respectively rear Adm. Gofar Soewarno, Maj. Gen.
Supardi S.A., and rear Marshal Bachrudin, are now posted as high
officers at the TNI headquarters. (02)