title: Kivlan Zen
text: # Kivlan Zen
  
  Major General (Ret.) Kivlan Zen is an Indonesian former military officer who was the chief of staff of KOSTRAD (Army Strategic Command). He led the XVII Garuda Contingent on 1990 in the Philippines. He served as an aide to Prabowo Subianto, the former commander of Kopassus.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Kivlan Zen born on December 24, 1946, in Langsa, Aceh. He is the alumni of Akmil in 1971.
  
  