About Djoko Suyanto
Born 1950. Djoko Suyanto is an Indonesian civil servant and military personnel.
Air Chief Marshal Djoko Suyanto (born 2 December 1950) was the Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces from 2006 to 2007. After ending his services as the commander, he served as the Coordinating Minister for Legal, Political, and Security Affairs in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Second United Indonesia Cabinet.
Suyanto graduated from the Indonesian Air Force Academy (Akademi Angkatan Udara, AAU) in 1973 and rapidly gained his pilot's brevet. He underwent further training in Australia and the United States, where he trained at the United States Air Force Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base, before becoming a flying instructor. He then served successively as the commander of No. 14 (Air Combat) Squadron flying F-5 Tiger II, the commander of Iswahyudi Air Force Base, the commander of the National Air Defense Sector, and the commander of the Air Force Education Command.
Djoko Suyanto was appointed the Commander of Air Force Operations Command 2 - East in 2001. Two years later he took up the post of Air Force Operations Advisor at Air Force Headquarters and in 2005 he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
At his confirmation hearing, he was quoted as saying:
In September 2006, Suyanto complained of human rights objections to the New York Agreement trading of West New Guinea to Indonesia, stating "I get information from our representative in the UN that some NGOs have begun persuading bishop Desmond Tutu to help them lobbying Papua case in the UN," and "We must be alert on the move of the NGOs that use famous people for their goal of breaking [off] Papua from Indonesia."
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Who is Djoko Suyanto?
Indonesian air force marshal
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Djoko Suyanto was born on 2 December 1950 in Madiun.
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Djoko Suyanto is a civil servant and military personnel.
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Djoko Suyanto is Indonesian.
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