Sulaiman Sujak

Sulaiman bin Sujak (born 25 March 1934 in Singapore)[1][2] was the first non-British Chief of Air Force, Malaysia (November 1, 1967 – December 31, 1976)

Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato’
Sulaiman Sujak
AMN JMN DPMS PSM
6th Chief of Air Staff
In office
1 November 1968 – 31 December 1976
Preceded byAlasdair Mackay Sinclair Steedman
Succeeded byMohamed Taib
Personal details
Born (1934-03-25) 25 March 1934
Rangoon Road, Singapore, Straits Settlement
Spouse
Puan Sri Zaharah binti Hashim
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(m. 1961)​
Alma materBartley Secondary School
Victoria School
Military service
Allegiance Malaysia
Branch/service Royal Air Force
 Royal Malaysian Air Force
Years of service1955-1976
Rank Air Lieutenant General
In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Sujak is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Sulaiman. The Arabic-derived word "bin" or "binti"/"binte", if used, means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Sulaiman studied in Bartley Secondary School and Victoria School in Singapore. He started training in the Malayan Air Training Corps (MATC) and in the UK from 1955 at the RAF College, Cranwell, graduating in 1958 as a Pilot Officer in the RAF, the Malaysian Air Force not having been created at that time. In the 1960s he was a Flight Lieutenant on an RAF Squadron in Cyprus flying the Canberra light bomber when the Royal Malaysian Air Force was formed. In September 1965 he joined the Royal Malaysian Air Force as a Squadron Leader, and shortly afterwards took command of the RMAF base at Alor Star as Group Captain.

On 1 November 1967, he was promoted to Air Commodore and became the first Chief of the Royal Malaysian Air Force.

Sulaiman later became the Vice-Chairman of Malaysia Airlines.[3][4][5] [6]

Honours

Honour of Malaysia

References
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