General (Ret.) Mulyono (born 12 January 1961) is an Indonesian former general who previously served as the

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of the

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(

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: ''Kepala Staf Angkatan Darat'', abbreviated ''Kasad'' or KSAD). He was appointed by

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in 2015, replacing

Gatot Nurmantyo General (Ret.) Gatot Nurmantyo (born 13 March 1960) is a retired 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 ...

who became commander (

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) of the

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. Mulyono had graduated from the

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in 1983. Before becoming chief of staff, he had served as Chief of the Indonesian Strategic Reserve Command (

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Military career

Mulyono graduated from ''Akmil'' (Indonesian Military Academy) in 1983 and first served as platoon commander in

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(712nd infantry battalion, 7th Military Regional Command). He later became company commander and operational officer before continuing to advanced officer education in

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, staying there as a member of the teaching staff until 1995. His career carried on and he became battalion commander in 1st Military Regional Command by 1997, and then was promoted to commander of the

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military district (part of 6th Military Regional Command) in 2000. He was transferred to

in 2006, initially as operational assistant to the Kostrad commander, before moving back to

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in 2009 to serve as commander of the cadet regiment. He was promoted to brigadier general on 10 May 2011. Until 2013, he took up multiple positions in the Army's educational and training center before becoming operational assistant to the army chief of staff in 2013. He was promoted to a major general on 22 August 2013. On 21 March 2014, he was moved to

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to serve as the commander of the capital's military province

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, replacing its former commander E Hudawi Lubis (who moved to the KSAD's office). During the aforementioned position, he publicly challenged Jakarta's governor

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to normalize Jakarta's rivers and illegal street vendors, offering support from Kodam Jaya's personnel. Six months into his leadership in Kodam Jaya, he was transferred to

and became its commander, replacing

who became KSAD. Mulyono was further promoted to

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on 3 October 2014. Upon the appointment of Gatot as Commander of TNI in 2015, Mulyono was selected from three likely candidates to replace him and he became KSAD on 15 July 2015. Shortly afterwards, he was made a four-star

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on 27 July. He is set to retire in 2019. On 22 November 2018,

commander

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was appointed to replace him.

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{{s-end 1961 births Living people Indonesian generals Indonesian National Military Academy alumni People from Boyolali Regency Chiefs of staff of the Indonesian Army Recipients of the Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera)

Military career

Honours

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