Sulaiman Sujak

Sulaiman bin Sujak (born 25 March 1934 in Singapore)[1][2] was the first non-British Chief of Air Force, Malaysia (November 1, 1967 – December 31, 1976)

Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato’
Sulaiman Sujak
AMN JMN DPMS PSM
6th Chief of Air Staff
In office
1 November 1968 – 31 December 1976
Preceded byAlasdair Mackay Sinclair Steedman
Succeeded byMohamed Taib
Personal details
Born (1934-03-25) 25 March 1934 (age 90)
Rangoon Road, Singapore, Straits Settlement
Spouse
Puan Sri Zaharah binti Hashim
(m. 1961)
Alma materBartley Secondary School
Victoria School
Military service
Allegiance Malaysia
Branch/service Royal Air Force
 Royal Malaysian Air Force
Years of service1955-1976
Rank Air Lieutenant General

Sulaiman studied in Bartley Secondary School and Victoria School in Singapore. He started training in the Malayan Air Training Corps (MATC) and in the UK from 1955 at the RAF College, Cranwell, graduating in 1958 as a Pilot Officer in the RAF, the Malaysian Air Force not having been created at that time. In the 1960s he was a Flight Lieutenant on an RAF Squadron in Cyprus flying the Canberra light bomber when the Royal Malaysian Air Force was formed. In September 1965 he joined the Royal Malaysian Air Force as a Squadron Leader, and shortly afterwards took command of the RMAF base at Alor Star as Group Captain.

On 1 November 1967, he was promoted to Air Commodore and became the first Chief of the Royal Malaysian Air Force.

Sulaiman later became the Vice-Chairman of Malaysia Airlines.[3][4][5] [6]

Honours

Honour of Malaysia

References

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  3. ^ "Biography for Sulaiman Sujak". Silobreaker. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
  4. ^ "Malaysian Museums Resources and Information". Malaysian-museums.org. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
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  7. ^ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Tahun 1967" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Tahun 1969" (PDF).
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Commanders
Honorary
Commanders
  • 1967: C.G. Ferguson
  • 1967: Kriangsak Chamanan
  • 1969: Tan Chin Tuan
  • 1970: Donald Bernard Waters Good
  • 1970: Tan Hian Tsin
  • 1971: Chamras Mandukananda
  • 1971: Nai Swate Komalabhhuti
  • 1971: Pote Bekanan
  • 1971: R. Sudomo
  • 1971: Saiyud Kerdphol
  • 1971: Sumitro
  • 1971: Suwoto Sukendar
  • 1972: Kemal Idris
  • 1972: A.J. Wood
  • 1972: Geoffrey Hardy-Roberts
  • 1972: Lek Naeomali
  • 1972: Sutopo Juwono
  • 1972: Thongkampleo Thongyai
  • 1972: Umar Wirahadikusumah
  • 1973: Frank Wen King Tsao
  • 1973: L.C. Bateman
  • 1973: Mohamad Hasan
  • 1976: Makmum Murod
  • 1976: Widodo Budidarmo
  • 1977: Faiz Mohamed Alofy
  • 1979: Ashadi Tjahjadi
  • 1979: Panieng Kantarat
  • 1979: Tan Teck Khim
  • 1979: Waleojo Soegito
  • 1979: R. Widodo
  • 1981: Samut Sahanavin
  • 1982: Anthony Synnot
  • 1982: Dakleow Susilvorn
  • 1982: Hussein bin Al-Jazairi
  • 1982: Prayudh Charumani
  • 1982: Abdul Mohsen bin Jalawi
  • 1982: Saud bin Abdul Muhsin Al Saud
  • 1982: Shigeo Nagano
  • 1982: Somboon Chuapaibul
  • 1983: Abdul Rahman Ramli
  • 1984: Nissai Vejjajiva
  • 1986: Klaus Blech
  • 1986: Muhammad M. Abdul Rauf
  • 1987: Himawan Soetanto
  • 1987: Narong Mohanond
  • 1987: Noboru Gatoh
  • 1987: Sunthorn Kongsompong
  • 1988: Chawan Chawanid
  • 1988: Kampo Harada
  • 1988: Maurice Baker
  • 1988: Mochammad Sanoesi
  • 1988: Piya Chakkaphak
  • 1988: Pao Sarasin
  • 1989: Goh Yong Hong
  • 1989: Pengiran Omar Pengiran Apong
  • 1989: Mohamad Daud
  • 1989: Winston Choo Wee Leong
  • 1990: Hans Joachim Richtler
  • 1991: Shōichi Fujimori
  • 1991: Fukuda Hiroshi
  • 1991: Toyoo Tate
  • 1993: Abdul Rahman Besar
  • 1993: Chawalit Yodmani
  • 1993: Kraisook Sinsook
  • 1993: Masaharu Matsushita
  • 1993: Sawat Amornvivat
  • 1993: Shosuke Idemitsu
  • 1994: Feisal Tanjung
  • 1994: Tee Tua Ba
  • 1994: Voravat Aphichari
  • 1995: K. Suzuki
  • 1995: Pratin Santiprabhob
  • 1995: Renato S de Villa
  • 1995: Sulaiman Damit
  • 1996: B. Bek Nielsen
  • 1996: Roger A. Bertelson
  • 1997: Edi Sudradjat
  • 1997: Mohammed Hassan Abdul Wali
  • 1997: Walanachi Wootisin
  • 1998: Harmoko
  • 1998: Katsanouke Maeda
  • 1998: Isa Ibrahim
  • 1999: Ernest Zulliger
  • 1999: Mahmoud Muhammad Safar
  • 1999: Mongkon Ampornpisit
  • 2000: Lin Cheng Yuan
  • 2002: Just Faaland
  • 2003: Da'i Bachtiar
  • 2003: Giuseppe Balboni Acqua
  • 2003: Giuseppe Baldocci
  • 2004: Ahmed El-Farra
  • 2004: Iyad bin Amin Madani
  • 2004: Hamed M.A. Yahya
  • 2004: Marek Paszucha
  • 2004: Masajuro Shiokawa
  • 2005: David Chiu Tat-cheong
  • 2005: Khoo Boon Hui
  • 2005: Carl Philip
  • 2005: Madeline
  • 2006: Chang Yung-fa
  • 2006: Fumihiko Konishi
  • 2007: Rainer Althoff
  • 2009: Albert Cheng Yong Kim
  • 2009: Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu
  • 2009: Peter Sondakh
  • 2009: Zainuddin Jalani
  • 2010: Bambang Hendarso Danuri
  • 2011: Wichean Potephosree
  • 2011: Zuhair Abdul Hamid Mokhtar Sadayo
  • 2012: Peter Ong Boon Kwee
  • 2012: Surin Upatkoon
  • 2014: Adul Saengsingkaew
  • 2015: Lim Jock Seng
  • 2015: Moeldoko
  • 2015: Surin Pitsuwan
  • 2016: Abdulrahman bin Saleh Al-Bunyan
  • 2017: Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi
  • 2017: Chuang Chou Wen
  • 2017: Gerry Tung Ching Sai
  • 2017: Steve Miligan
  • 2017: Yuhao Aixinjueluo
  • 2019: Ali Mehsin Fetais
  • 2019: Adul Sangsingkeo
  • 2020: Badrodin Haiti
  • 2020: Budi Gunawan
Military offices
Preceded by
A McK S Steedman
As Chief of the Air Staff
Chief of the Royal Malaysian Air Force
1967 – 1976
Succeeded by
Mohamad Taib


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