Sutarji Kasmin

First Admiral (Retired) Dr Sutarji Kasmin JSM KMN BSD AMS
Personal details
Born	(1951-11-05) 5 November 1951 (age 73) Selangor, Federation of Malaya
Awards	Order of the Defender of the Realm - Officer (KMN) Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia - Companion (JSM)
Military service
Allegiance	Malaysia
Branch/service	Royal Malaysian Navy
Years of service	1970–2005
Rank	First Admiral
Unit	PASKAL
Commands	PASKAL Commander

Sutarji bin Haji Kasmin (born 5 November 1951) is a Malaysian entrepreneur and former navy special forces commander. He is a retired Royal Malaysian Navy with the last rank Laksamana Pertama or Commodore. Sutarji is well known and famous for his role as godfather of PASKAL originated in 1975.

Academically, he earned his Advanced Diploma in Defence Studies from the Malaysian Armed Forces Defence College, Master of Arts in Policy & Security Studies from the National University of Malaysia & PhD in Integrated Coastal Zones Management from the University Putra Malaysia.