Ade Supandi (born 26 May 1960) is a retired admiral in the
Indonesian Navy
The Indonesian Navy ( id, Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Laut, , Indonesian National Military-Naval Force, TNI-AL) is the naval branch of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. It was founded on 10 September 1945 and has a role to patrol I ...
who formerly served as its
chief of staff
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( id, Kepala Staf Angkatan Laut, abbreviated KSAL or ''Kasal''). Previously, he had been the General Chief of Staff of the
Indonesian National Armed Forces
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and the commander of the navy's eastern fleet.
Career
Ade graduated from the
Indonesian Naval Academy
The Indonesian Naval Academy ( id, Akademi Angkatan Laut or ) is a service academy of the Indonesian Navy, the naval component of the Indonesian National Armed Forces Academy System or the . Its campus is located in Surabaya, East Java and trains ...
in 1983. He passed through multiple positions, including the governor of the Naval Academy in 2010 and commander of the Eastern Fleet Command before being appointed to the post of the KSAL's budgeting and planning assistant. He was transferred to be
TNI's General Chief of Staff on 12 March 2014, before being appointed by
Joko Widodo
Joko Widodo (; born 21 June 1961), popularly known as Jokowi, is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is the 7th and current president of Indonesia. Elected in July 2014, he was the first Indonesian president not to come from an elite ...
as KSAL on 31 December. He was promoted to the rank of admiral on 3 February 2015.
After his retirement, he was replaced by
Siwi Sukma Adji on 22 May 2018. He remarked that he "was not yet interested" in entering politics.
Awards
National
''Bintang Yudha Dharma Pratama''
''Bintang Yudha Dharma Nararya''
''Bintang Jalasena Pratama''
''Bintang Jalasena Nararya''
Foreign awards
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Pingat Jasa Gemilang
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''
Order of National Security Merit
The Order of National Security Merit (Hangul: 보국훈장) is one of South Korea
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- First Class
See also
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Indonesian military ranks
The Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) uses a simplified ranking system for the three branches of Indonesian Army, Indonesian Navy and Indonesian Air Force. Most of the ranks are similar with differences for the rank titles of the high-rankin ...
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Mulyono
General (Ret.) Mulyono (born 12 January 1961) is an Indonesian former general who previously served as the Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army ( Indonesian: ''Kepala Staf Angkatan Darat'', abbreviated ''Kasad'' or KSAD). He was appointed by Pr ...
,
army
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chief of staff
References
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1961 births
Living people
Indonesian admirals
People from Bandung
Chiefs of Staff of the Indonesian Navy
Sundanese people