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Yudo Margono (born 26 November 1965) is Indonesian admiral who has currently serves as the 22nd

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, He was appointed by

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in December 2022, replacing the retiring

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Andika Perkasa.

Early life and education

Yudo Margono was born in

Madiun Madiun ( jv, ꦑꦸꦛꦩꦝꦶꦪꦸꦤ꧀, translit=Kutha Madhiun) is a landlocked city in the western part of East Java, Indonesia, known for its agricultural center. It was formerly (until 2010) the capital of the Madiun Regency, but is now adm ...

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on 26 November 1965. His parents were farmers. According to him, after graduating from high school, he along with several friends decided to sign up to join the

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, though he was the only one accepted between his friends. He was assigned to the

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, and graduated from the academy in 1988.

Career

He began his navy career as an assistant to the missile officer aboard KRI ''Wilhelmus Zakarias Yohannes'', then was promoted to head of operations aboard and

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for KRI ''Fatahillah''. He was then given command over the vessels KRI ''Pandrong'', , and KRI ''Ahmad Yani''. In 2004, he was appointed commander of the naval base at

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, then in 2008 in

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until 2010. Between 2010 and 2012, he was assigned as escort commander and later training officer of the Eastern Fleet. Between 2014 and 2015, he worked at the naval headquarters, before being assigned to command the naval base at

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until 2016. He held the rank of colonel in 2013, when he was training officer. Yudo Margono became chief of staff of the Western fleet command in 2016–2017, commander of the

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in 2017–2018, and then commander of the western fleet (reorganized into 1st fleet) in 2018–2019. After this tenure, he became joint commander of the 1st defense region, directly under the

. He had been promoted to

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in December 2017, As joint commander, Yudo Margono took part in the handling of the

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in 2020, particularly hospitals in

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and the Kemayoran Athletes Village. He was appointed navy chief of staff on 20 May 2020, and along with the appointment he was promoted to a four-star

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. He was awarded the Member (AM) in the Military Division of the Order of Australia on 3 May 2022 for strengthening relations between the navies of Indonesia and Australia.

Honours

Yudo Margono is the recipient of the following honours:

References

{{s-end 1965 births Chiefs of Staff of the Indonesian Navy Living people Indonesian admirals People from Madiun

Yudo Margono Admiral Yudo Margono (born 26 November 1965) is Indonesian admiral who has currently serves as the 22nd Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, He was appointed by President of Indonesia Joko Widodo in December 2022, replacing the ret ...