Rao Qamar Suleman

Rao Qamar Suleman
راؤ قمر سلیمان
NI(M)  HI(M)  SI(M)  SBt  TI(M)  LoM
12th Chief of Air Staff
In office
19 March 2009 – 19 March 2012
PresidentAsif Ali Zardari
Prime MinisterYusuf Raza Gillani
Preceded byTanvir Mahmood Ahmed
Succeeded byTahir Rafique Butt
Personal details
Born1954 (age 69–70)
Lahore, Dominion of Pakistan
Military service
Allegiance Pakistan
Branch/service Pakistan Air Force
Years of service1 June 1975 – 18 March 2012
RankAir Chief Marshal
CommandsPAF Base Peshawar
PAF Air War College
Southern Air Command
DG Air Force Strategic Command
DCAS (Operations)
Chief of Air Staff
Battles/warsWar in North-West Pakistan
AwardsNishan-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]

  1. ^ APP (7 March 2012). "Air Marshal Tahir Butt appointed new PAF chief". Dawn. Retrieved 2 June 2022.