On the next day, 20 January 1962, he was appointed as Military Advisor to the President by President Sukarno. In 1966, he was appointed as Minister of Post and Telecommunications in the Revised Dwikora Cabinet. As a tribute to his services, the Indonesian Air Force named Suryadarma Air Base in Kalijati, Subang Regency, West Java after him. He was also the namesake of a university owned by the Indonesian Air Force, Suryadarma University, in Halim Perdanakusuma, East Jakarta.
