Jokowi Appoints Marsdya Tonny Harjono As KSAU

Commander of the National Air Operations Command (Pangkoopsudnas) Marsdya TNI Mohamad Tonny Harjono (center) (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo appointed TNI Intermediate Marshal (Marsdya) Mohamad Tonny Harjono as Air Force Chief of Staff (KSAU) replacing TNI Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo.

Presidential Special Staff Coordinator Ari Dwipayana said the appointment of Marsdya Tonny as KSAU was stated in Presidential Decree (Keppres) Number 20/TNI/2024 which was signed March 25, 2024.

"The president has signed Presidential Decree No. 20/TNI/2024 dated March 25, 2024 regarding the honorific dismissal of TNI Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo from his position as KSAU, and the appointment of TNI Intermediate Marshal Mohamad Tonny Harjono as the new KSAU," Ari said in a short message in Jakarta, Tuesday, April 2.

This replacement for KSAU is carried out because Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo will retire on April 9, 2024.

Ari Dwipayana said that the Presidential Decree will take effect from the time of the inauguration which is planned to be held in the near future.

Marshal Fadjar has served as KSAU since being inaugurated by the President at the State Palace on May 20, 2020.

At that time, Fadjar was inaugurated as KSAU along with TNI Admiral Yudo Margono who was inaugurated as Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy (KSAL).

Both were inaugurated based on Presidential Decree Number 32 and 33/TNI/2020 concerning the Dismissal and Appointment of KSAL and KSAU as well as Presidential Decree Number 34 and 35/TNI/2020 concerning the Promotion of Ranks in the TNI High Officers Group.