Ryamizard Ryacudu

Ryamizard Ryacudu
26th Minister of Defense of Indonesia
Assumed office
27 October 2014
President Joko Widodo
Preceded by Purnomo Yusgiantoro
23rd Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army
In office
4 June 2002  18 February 2005
President Megawati Sukarnoputri
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Preceded by Endriartono Sutarto
Succeeded by Djoko Santoso
26th Commander of Kostrad
In office
1 August 2000  4 June 2002
President Abdurrahman Wahid
Megawati Sukarnoputri
Preceded by Agus Wirahadikusumah
Succeeded by Bibit Waluyo
Personal details
Born (1950-04-21) April 21, 1950
Palembang, South Sumatra
Spouse(s) Nora Tristyana
Children Ryano Patria Amanzha
Dwinanda Patria Noryanzha
Trynanda Patria Nugraha
Parents Ryacudu
Zuhariah Ryacudu
Alma mater Akademi Militer
Religion Sunni Islam
Military service
Allegiance  Indonesia
Service/branch Indonesian Army
Years of service 1974–2005
Rank General
Unit Infantry

General (Ret.) Ryamizard Ryacudu (born 21 April 1950, Palembang, South Sumatra pronounced []) is the present Minister of Defense of Indonesia, in office since 2014 as part of the cabinet of President Joko Widodo. He previously served as Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army from 2002 to 2005, and he was Commander of the Strategic Army Command, or Kostrad, from 2000 to 2002.[1]

In 2016 Ryacudu stated that the suspected communists killed in the 1965-1966 massacres "deserved to die".[2]

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