New Diponegoro military chief installed

New Diponegoro military chief installed

SEMARANG: Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu installed
on Wednesday Maj. Gen. Sunarso as the new Diponegoro regional
military commander overseeing Central Java and Yogyakarta
provinces.

The swearing-in ceremony was held at Diponegoro military
headquarters in Watu Gong, Semarang, Central Java.

Sunarso replaces Maj. Gen. Amirul Isnaeni, who passed away
from an illness on June 8. Since then, the vacant post was filled
by Diponegoro chief of staff Brig. Gen. Salim Mengga.

Mengga has now been assigned to a new post as the deputy chief
of the Indonesian Military (TNI)'s education and training command
in Bandung, West Java.

Sunarso was born in the West Java town of Cimahi on July 8,
1950, and graduated in 1973 from the Military Academy in
Magelang, Central Java.

He is a former Sriwijaya military commander overseeing the
provinces of South Sumatra, Bengkulu, Bangka Belitung and
Lampung. -- JP