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Jokowi set to install new Army chief
President Joko âJokowiâ Widodo will today inaugurate Army Strategic and Reserve Command (Kostrad) commander Lt
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resident Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo will today inaugurate Army Strategic and Reserve Command (Kostrad) commander Lt. Gen. Mulyono as Army Chief of Staff, Army spokesperson Brig. Gen. Wuryanto has announced. Mulyono will replace Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo, newly installed as Indonesian Military (TNI) commander.
'It has been decided that Kostrad commander Lt. Gen. Mulyono will become Army Chief of Staff,' Wuryanto said as quoted by Antara in Jakarta on Wednesday.
He declined to reveal why Mulyono had been chosen, confirming only that President Jokowi would install the senior three-star general in his new position later today.
'We don't know the reason [for Mulyono's selection]; it is a presidential prerogative. The only thing I can say is that a senior three-star general has all the requirements to become Army Chief of Staff. He will be inaugurated at 1 p.m. today,' Wuryanto said.
After the inauguration ceremony, he added, Mulyono would attend a duty handover ceremony at Army headquarters on Jl. Veteran in Central Jakarta. The ceremony was initially scheduled to be held on Thursday.
'The duty handover ceremony with former Army chief of staff Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo ' now TNI commander ' will be held at 3 p.m. at Army headquarters,' he said.
Mulyono has served as Kostrad commander since Sept. 5, 2014. He is a 1983 graduate of the Armed Forces Academy (Akabri). Born in Boyolali on Jan.12, 1961, Mulyono previously served as Military Education and Training Command (Kodiklat) deputy commander from 2012 to 2013 and as Jakarta Military Area Command (Kodam) commander in 2014. (ebf)
