Presidential guard chief to take oath

Fri, 14 Mar 2003, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: The new presidential guard commander, Brig. Gen.
Agung Widjajadi, will be sworn in by Indonesian Military (TNI)
chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto at the Presidential Guard
headquarters in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, on Friday.

Briefing the press after a meeting with President Megawati
Soekarnoputri at the Presidential Palace on Thursday, outgoing
presidential guard commander Maj. Gen. Nono Sampono said that he
would assume his new post as the Navy Academy governor in
Surabaya, East Java.

Agung, who is also a Navy officer, is currently the chief of
administration bureau in the presidential military secretary's
office. He will be promoted to a two-star general during the
ceremony.

Megawati's daughter Puan Maharani is slated to attend the
ceremony.--JP

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