Rao Qamar Suleman راؤ قمر سلیمان | |
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12th Chief of Air Staff | |
In office 19 March 2009 – 19 March 2012 | |
President | Asif Ali Zardari |
Prime Minister | Yusuf Raza Gillani |
Preceded by | Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed |
Succeeded by | Tahir Rafique Butt |
Personal details | |
Born | 1954 (age 69–70) Lahore, Dominion of Pakistan |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Pakistan |
Branch/service | Pakistan Air Force |
Years of service | 1 June 1975 – 18 March 2012 |
Rank | Air Chief Marshal |
Commands | PAF Base Peshawar PAF Air War College Southern Air Command DG Air Force Strategic Command DCAS (Operations) Chief of Air Staff |
Battles/wars | War in North-West Pakistan |
Awards | Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Basalat Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military) Order of King Abdulaziz Turkish Legion of Merit Legion of Merit Santos-Dumont Medal |
Rao Qamar Suleman NI(M) HI(M) SI(M) SBt TI(M) LoM (Urdu: راؤ قمر سلیمان) was the 12th Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force. The four-star ranked general commanded the PAF from 2009 to 2012. Earlier, Suleman served as Deputy Chief of Air Staff of Operations. He was succeeded by Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt as Chief of Air Staff on 7 March 2012.[1]