serviceyears branch commands predecessor successor president allegiance awards office primeminister native_name birth_date term_start rank battles article_title term_end name
1 june 1975 -- 18 march 2012 pakistan 23px paf command dg air force strategic command dcas -lrb- operations -rrb- base chief of air staff peshawar paf air war college southern air tanvir mahmood ahmed tahir rafique butt asif ali zardari pakistan tamgha-e-imtiaz hilal-e-imtiaz -lrb- military -rrb- nishan-e-imtiaz -lrb- military -rrb- legion of -lrb- honor -lrb- by french republic -rrb- the legion of merit military -lrb- degree of commander -rrb- -lrb- by united states of -rrb- america -rrb- medal of merit santos-dumont -lrb- by federative republic sitara-e-basalat of brazil -rrb- the legion of merit of turkish armed sitara-e-imtiaz forces -lrb- by republic of turkey -rrb- king abdul aziz -lrb- medal class i -lrb- by kingdom of saudi arabia -rrb- military -rrb- 19th chief of air staff yusuf raza gillani رائو قمر سلیمان 1954 march 19 , 2009 air chief marshal war in north-west pakistan rao qamar suleman
 march 19 , 2012 rao qamar suleman
rao qamar suleman

air chief marshal rao qamar suleman , ni -lrb- m -rrb- , sbt -lrb- urdu : راؤ قمر سلیمان -rrb- was born in lahore .
in 1954 .
he was the 18th chief of air staff of the pakistan air force .
the four-star rank air force general commanded from 2009 to 2012 .
earlier he was `` deputy chief of air staff of operations '' .
suleman was succeeded by air chief marshal tahir rafique butt as chief of air staff on 7 march 2012 .
