Rao Qamar Suleman

Air Chief Marshal 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
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] He briefly served as the chairman of the Pakistan International Airlines in 2012.^[2]