Jokowi Ensures That Marsdya Lantik Tony Harjono Jabat KSAU Friday

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

JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will inaugurate TNI Intermediate Marshal (Marsdya) Mohamad Tonny Harjono as Air Force Chief of Staff (KSAU) on Friday, April 5 this week.

"The inauguration of the KSAU on Friday," said the President on the sidelines of releasing humanitarian aid for Palestine and Sudan at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base, Jakarta, quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, April 3.

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

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

This replacement for the KSAU was carried out because Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo would retire on April 9, 2024.

Ari Dwipayana said that the presidential decree came into effect at the time of the inauguration.