Yunus Yosfiah - Timeline

Timeline

Except where previously or otherwise cited the information in the timeline is from "Indonesia" a Southeast Asia Program Publications journal of Cornell University.

• 1944 born
• 1965 AMN 6 (National Military Academy Class 6)
• 1966 - 197? RPKAD/Kopassandha (Platoon Commander, Group 2; Company Commander, Group 2; Company Commander, Group 4)
• 197? -1978 Commander Infantry Battalion 744, East Timor (Possible conflict with Jakarta Post source below)
• 1975 leads Indonesian forces into Balibo where killings of 5 journalists take place.
• 1977 -1979 first commander of 744/Satya Yudha Bhakti Infantry Battalion, East Timor.
• 1978 alleged killing of Nicolao Lobato, marries East Timorese woman.
• 1979 Training at Fort Leavenworth, then, Colonel, Deputy Commander of the Special Forces' Group III in Makassar
• ? - 1985 Assistant for Operations to Chief of Staff, Kodam XVI(Special Forces Command), training at Armed Forces Staff and Command School, West Java.
• mid 1985 - 1987 Commander of Korem 164/Dili
• 1987 - 1990 Brig. Gen., Director of Educational Upbuilding, Military Academy. Royal College of Defense Studies in Britain('89 and '90)
• 1990 Chief of Staff, Kodam VI Tanjungpura
• 1993 Major General, Commander of the Army Infantry Weapons Center
• 1997 (July) Chief of ABRI sociopolitical affairs. "Of previous heads ..., not one came from the Special Forces Command."
• 1998 -99 Minister of Information in Habibie government.
• 1999 retires from TNI Lt. Gen.
• 2002 joins PPP.
• 2007 contests election for PPP party chairmanship.