Air Chief Marshal
Air chief marshal (Air Chf Mshl or ACM) is a high-ranking air officer originating from the Royal Air Force. The rank is used by air forces of many countries that have historical British influence. An air chief marshal is equivalent to an Admir ...
(Ret.) Hadi Tjahjanto (born 8 November 1963) is the
Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Planning of Indonesia under President Joko Widodo's
Onward Indonesia Cabinet. He is a former officer in the
Indonesian Air Force
The Indonesian Air Force ( id, Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Udara (TNI-AU), literally "''Indonesian National Military-Air Force''") sometimes shortened as IDAF / IdAF, is the aerial branch of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. The ...
who previously served as the 20th
Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces
The Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces ( id, Panglima Tentara Nasional Indonesia, known as Panglima TNI) is the professional head and highest-ranking officer of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. Directly answerable to the pres ...
. An alumnus of the
Indonesian Air Force Academy
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and
Flight School
Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft. The overall purpose of primary and intermediate flight training is the acquisition and honing of basic airmanship skills.
Flight training can be conducted under a str ...
, he was appointed by president
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 ...
in 2017 as the Commander of the Armed Forces (
Panglima Panglima is a military title used in Indonesia and Malaysia, and historically in the Philippines. It means 'a commander of a body of troops'. In the past it is used to call some prominent military leaders in several kingdoms, such as Panglima Polem ...
).
Formerly also a military secretary to President Joko Widodo, the president nominated him to the
People's Representative Council
The People's Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia ( id, Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Republik Indonesia, DPR-RI), also known as the House of Representatives, is one of two elected chambers of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), ...
as the sole candidate for the Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (''
Panglima TNI''), replacing
Gatot Nurmantyo
General (Ret.) Gatot Nurmantyo (born 13 March 1960) is an Indonesian Army general who was commander (Panglima) of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) from 8 July 2015 until 8 December 2017. Previously, he was the 30th Army Chief of Staff ...
. He was formally appointed on 8 December 2017.
He is the second officer from Air Force after Air Chief Marshal
Djoko Suyanto
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 Secur ...
to hold the similar office in TNI history.
Early career
Hadi's father Bambang Sudardo served as a personnel in
Abdurrahman Saleh airbase, motivating him to join the Air Force Academy following his graduation from high school. He became a pilot after completing the academy and flight school by 1987, initially becoming a pilot in the same airfield his father served at
Malang.
After several years of operating
CASA C-212
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The C-212 w ...
light airlift planes, he was promoted to squadron training officer in 1993, and began operating heavier planes by 1996. He was squadron commander by 1997, moving to
Adisumarmo Airport in
Surakarta and later to
Adisucipto as he continued going up the ranks. Between 2010 and 2011, he was commander of the Adisumarmo airbase, where he became familiar with then-mayor of Surakarta
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 ...
. He continued to be the spokesman of the air force (2013) and commander at Abdurrahman Saleh (2015). After Jokowi's election, he was appointed military secretary to the president on 25 July 2015 and obtained a promotion to
air vice-marshal
Air vice-marshal (AVM) is a two-star air officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes ...
.
Central command
After his time under the
Ministry of State Secretariat, he became the
inspector general of the
Ministry of Defense
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and obtained a promotion to
air marshal. During his time at the defense ministry, he helped uncover a corruption in the purchase of
F-16
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and
Apache helicopters, where a
brigadier general
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was eventually prosecuted and found guilty.
On 20 January 2017, Jokowi appointed him as the new
chief of staff of the Air Force to replace the retiring
Agus Supriatna. His name had been nominated as one of three by
TNI Commander
Gatot Nurmantyo
General (Ret.) Gatot Nurmantyo (born 13 March 1960) is an Indonesian Army general who was commander (Panglima) of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) from 8 July 2015 until 8 December 2017. Previously, he was the 30th Army Chief of Staff ...
. Along with this promotion, he was made
air chief marshal
Air chief marshal (Air Chf Mshl or ACM) is a high-ranking air officer originating from the Royal Air Force. The rank is used by air forces of many countries that have historical British influence. An air chief marshal is equivalent to an Admir ...
.
Due to Gatot's scheduled retirement in 2018, on 4 December 2017 Jokowi (through Secretary of State
Pratikno
Pratikno (born 13 February 1962) is an Indonesian politician and academician. He is currently the Minister of State Secretariat of Indonesia in the Onward Indonesia Cabinet, the cabinet appointed by President Joko Widodo for his second term in ...
) submitted a letter to the
People's Representative Council
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through deputy chairman
Fadli Zon
Fadli Zon (born 1 June 1971) is an Indonesian politician, presently serving as a member of the People's Representative Council, where he was previously Deputy Speaker from 2014 to 2019. He was one of the founders of Prabowo Subianto's Great Indon ...
, nominating Hadi as the sole candidate to replace him.
![Panglima TNI Hadi Tjahjanto](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Panglima_TNI_Hadi_Tjahjanto.jpg)
He was formally inaugurated on 8 December 2017, making him the second TNI commander to hail from the air force after
Djoko Suyanto
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 Secur ...
between 2006 and 2007.
On 26 October 2021, Hadi was awarded an honorary
Officer of the Order of Australia
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(AO) (Military Division)
Post-military career
He was appointed as field commander of
Mandalika International Street Circuit
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in January 2022 by Joko Widodo for 2022 Indonesian motorcycle Grand Prix.
On June 22, He was appointed to replace
Sofyan Djalil as Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Planning in
Onward Indonesia Cabinet.
See also
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Panglima Panglima is a military title used in Indonesia and Malaysia, and historically in the Philippines. It means 'a commander of a body of troops'. In the past it is used to call some prominent military leaders in several kingdoms, such as Panglima Polem ...
References
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1963 births
Commanders of the Indonesian National Armed Forces
Living people
People from Malang
Indonesian Air Force air marshals
Chiefs of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force