The post of deputy armed forces commander was also reinstated for the first time in more than two decades.
JAKARTA: Indonesia n President Prabowo Subianto has unveiled six new regional army commands as part of a major military restructuring to strengthen national defence amid global instability.
The new commands cover Riau and the Riau Islands, West Sumatra and Jambi, Lampung and Bengkulu, Central and South Kalimantan, Central and West Sulawesi, as well as Merauke in South Papua. Sunday’s ceremony also marked a major organisational shift with the appointment of Tandyo Budi Revita as the Indonesian National Armed Forces deputy commander - a role revived after more than two decades, Jakarta Post reported.
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