Air Chief Marshal Djoko Suyanto (born 2 December 1950) was the

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from 2006 to 2007. After ending his services as the commander, he served as the Coordinating Minister for Legal, Political and Security Affairs in

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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's

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. Suyanto graduated from the

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(Akademi Angkatan Udara, AAU) in 1973 and rapidly gained his pilot's brevet. He underwent further training Australia and the

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, where he trained at the United States Air Force Weapons School at

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, before becoming a flying instructor.TAPOL, the Indonesia Human Rights Campaign
/ref> He then served successively as the commander of No. 14 (Air Combat) Squadron flying

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, 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 as 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. When, in 2006, Djoko Suyanto became Commander of the National Armed Forces, he was the first Air Force officer to hold this post. Air Chief Marshal Djoko Suyanto is known as one of Indonesia’s best fighter pilots."Indonesia Army, Navy and Air Force New Chiefs of Staff Installed"
, Embassy of

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in Oslo At his confirmation hearing he was quoted as saying: In September 2006, Suyanto complained of human rights objections to the

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trading of

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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 NGO's that use famous people for their goal of breaking Papua from Indonesia."

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