Background
Sutarji was born in Selangor, Malaysia.
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Education
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 & Doctor of Philosophy in Integrated Coastal Zones Management from the University Putra Malaysia. Sutarji attended the Cadet Officer with six others from April 1970 at Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, England in one years. After became a midshipman in 1971, he attended a diving course at KD Malaya, Woodlands, Singapore from 1973.
From 1974, Sutarji attended a Basic Parachuting Course at Special Warfare Training Centre in Sungai Udang, Malacca and then he attended a Basic Jungle Commando Course at Naval Training Command, Surabaya, Indonesia in 1975.
Career
He is a retired Royal Malaysian Navy with the last rank First Admiral. Sutarji is well known and famous for his role as godfather of PASKAL originated in 1975. His first name Sutarji clearly shows his Javanese descent from Indonesia.
In January 1970, at age 19, Sutarji enlisted in the Royal Malaysian Navy as sea cadet and went through recruit training at Royal Military College in Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur.
Foreign his first few years, he assumed command of the KD Sri Kedah (1972), KD Sri Perak (1973), KD Duyung (1977), KD Lembing (1979 – 1980). In 1975, he served at the Naval Headquarters, including 3rd Grade of Staff Members and spent one years in country.
During the 1977, he attended a series of training courses in Naval Amphibious School, Coronado, including Riverine Warfare (1977), Explosive Ordnance Disposal (1979), Senior Planning Officer Amphibious (1987), Crisis Management (1993) and Defence Resources Management (2002). He has also attended the counter-terrorism special courses in the United States Navy SEALs BUD Training Centre (1977), Royal Navy Special Boat Service (1984) and Special Air Service in 1984.
Sutarji was appointed Commanding Officer of PASKAL from 1984 to 1990 and 1992 to 1994.
In 1998, he served in Malaysian Armed Forces Headquarters as Director of Malaysian Armed Forces Defence Operations. As Chief Directing Staff of the Malaysian Armed Forces Defence College. And subsequently Commandant from 2003-2005.
In academic terms, he earned his Master of Arts in Policy and Security Studies from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 1995 and his Doctor of Philosophy in Integrated Coastal Zones Management from University Putra Malaysia in 2003, where he is currently attached to the Department of Environmental Management, University Putra Malaysia.
He retired from service on November 30, 2005. After retiring, Sutarji served as a Senior Fellow at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (2005 - 2007) and Associate Professor at Universiti Putra from 2007 to 2012.
In Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, he teaches the Master of Social Sciences students in the field of strategic thinkers and maritime security. In University of Petroleum and Minerals and the Universiti Tenaga Nasional faculty, he teaches the students of Master of Business Administration in the field of organizational management, strategic management and attitudes in organizations.
In the year 2006, he founded BIZREKA Sdn Bhd which focuses on the development of human capital as a side career.
Since then, he has attended a series of entrepreneurship courses in addition invited to give lectures on various aspects of entrepreneurship including Motivation Foreign Entrepreneurs, Application of Sun Tzu"s Art of War, Strategic Management Companies and Political Analysis and Environmental Safety. Sutardji was be a full-time entrepreneur in the Business Consulting.
