Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces

Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces
Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces
Panglima TNI
	Incumbent; ACM Hadi Tjahjanto; since 8 December 2017
	Indonesian National Armed Forces
Reports to	President of Indonesia
Formation	1945
First holder	General Soedirman

The Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (Indonesian: Panglima Tentara Nasional Indonesia, currently known as Panglima TNI) is the highest position in the Indonesian National Armed Forces. The position is held by the four-star General/Admiral/Air Marshal appointed by and reporting directly to the President of Indonesia.

First official Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces is General Soedirman, at the time the position is known as Commanding General of the People's Security Forces (Indonesian: Panglima Besar Tentara Keamanan Rakyat), which later will be called Commander of the Army of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Panglima Tentara Republik Indonesia) and Commander of the Republic of Indonesia Military Forces (Indonesian: Panglima Angkatan Perang Republik Indonesia). As the first commander, General Sudirman is not appointed by the President of Indonesia, instead elected by People's Security Armed Forces personnel during a meeting knownly as People's Security Armed Forces Conference on 12 November 1945. Prior to appointment of General Soedirman, the position is held by Lt. Gen. Oerip Soemohardjo on an interim basis^[1]

Currently, the office is held by ACM Hadi Tjahjanto, an Indonesian Air Force officer, who was inaugurated by President Joko Widodo on 8 December 2017.^[2]

List of Commanders

No.	Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch	Ref.
—	Soemoharjo, OeripLieutenant general Oerip Soemohardjo (1893–1948) Acting	17 August 1945	12 November 1945	87 days	Army	^[1]
1	SudirmanGeneral Soedirman (1916–1950) ^[a]	12 November 1945	29 January 1950 †	4 years, 78 days	Army	^[1]
2	Simatupang, T.Major general T. B. Simatupang (1920–1990) as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces	29 January 1950	4 November 1952	2 years, 280 days	Army	^[1]
Vacant Position abolished by President Sukarno after the 17 October 1952 incident.
3	Nasution, Abdul HarisGeneral Abdul Haris Nasution (1918–2000) as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff^[b]	December 1955	July 1959	3 years, 7 months	Army	^[1]
4	Soerjadarma, SoerjadiAir Chief Marshal Soerjadi Soerjadarma (1912–1975) as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff^[c]	July 1959	19 January 1962	2 years, 6 months	Air Force	^[1]
(3)	Nasution, Abdul HarisGeneral Abdul Haris Nasution (1918–2000) as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces^[b]	January 1962	March 1966	4 years, 1 month	Army	^[1]
Vacant Position abolished by President Sukarno after the 30 September Movement incident.
5	Nasution, Abdul HarisGeneral Soeharto (1921–2008) as Commander of the Armed Forces^[d]	June 1968	March 1973	4 years, 9 months	Army	^[1]
6	Panggabean, MaradenGeneral Maraden Panggabean (1922–2000)	March 1973	April 1978	5 years, 1 month	Army	^[1]
7	Jusuf, MohammadGeneral Mohammad Jusuf (1928–2004)	April 1978	28 March 1983	4 years, 11 months	Army	.
8	Moerdani, Leonardus BenjaminGeneral Leonardus Benjamin Moerdani (1932–2004) ^[e]	28 March 1983	27 February 1988	4 years, 336 days	Army	.
9	Sutrisno, TryGeneral Try Sutrisno (born 1935)	27 February 1988	19 February 1993	4 years, 358 days	Army	.
10	Sudradjat, EdiGeneral Edi Sudradjat [id] (1938–2006) ^[f]	19 February 1993	21 May 1993	91 days	Army	.
11	Tanjung, FeisalGeneral Feisal Tanjung (1939–2013)	21 May 1993	12 February 1998	4 years, 267 days	Army	.
12	WirantoGeneral Wiranto (born 1947) ^[g]	16 February 1998	26 October 1999	1 year, 256 days	Army	.
13	Sutjipto, Widodo AdiAdmiral Widodo Adi Sutjipto (born 1944)	26 October 1999	7 June 2002	2 years, 224 days	Navy	.
14	Sutarto, EndriartonoGeneral Endriartono Sutarto (born 1947)	7 June 2002	13 February 2006	3 years, 251 days	Army	.
15	Suyanto, DjokoAir Chief Marshal Djoko Suyanto (born 1950)	13 February 2006	28 December 2007	1 year, 318 days	Air Force	^[3]
16	Santoso, DjokoGeneral Djoko Santoso (born 1952)	28 December 2007	28 September 2010	2 years, 274 days	Army	^[4]
17	Suhartono, AgusAdmiral Agus Suhartono (born 1955)	28 September 2010	30 August 2013	2 years, 336 days	Navy	^[5]
18	MoeldokoGeneral Moeldoko (born 1957)	30 August 2013	8 July 2015	1 year, 312 days	Army	^[6]
19	Nurmantyo, GatotGeneral Gatot Nurmantyo (born 1960)	8 July 2015	8 December 2017	2 years, 153 days	Army	^[7]
20	Tjahjanto, HadiAir Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto (born 1963) ^[h]	8 December 2017	Incumbent	6 years, 173 days	Air Force	^[2]

Notes

^ Position known as Grand Commander of the People's Security Armed Forces and later as Commanding General of the National Armed Forces (Panglima Besar Tentara Keamanan Rakyat until 1946, Panglima Besar TNI from 1948-1950 )
^ ^a ^b Also served concurrently as Chief of Staff of the Army.
^ Also served concurrently as Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
^ Also served concurrently as President and Minister of Defence and Security.
^ Also served concurrently as Commander of the Operational Command for the Restoration of Security and Order (Kopkamtib). First Commander of the Armed Forces who was not also appointed as Minister of Defense.
^ Also served concurrently as Minister of Defence and Security (from 17 March 1993) and Chief of Staff of the Army (until 23 March 1993).
^ Also served concurrently as Minister of Defence and Security.
^ also served concurrently as Chief of Staff of the Air Force (until 17 January 2018).

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ [1] Archived 9 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b "Marsekal Hadi Tjahjanto Resmi Jabat Panglima TNI".
^ Indonesian Parliament Endorse Djoko Suyanto as Military Chief Archived February 5, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
^ Biografi di tokohindonesia.com
^ Adm. Agus Suhartono to be installed as new TNI chief Tuesday Archived December 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. The Jakarta Post. September 28, 2010.
^ Rinaldo (30 August 2013). "Presiden SBY Lantik Panglima TNI dan KSAD Pagi Ini". liputan6dotcom. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
^ "Gatot Nurmantyo officially becomes TNI commander". The Jakarta Post. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[3] Position known as Grand Commander of the People's Security Armed Forces and later as Commanding General of the National Armed Forces (Panglima Besar Tentara Keamanan Rakyat until 1946, Panglima Besar TNI from 1948-1950 )

[army-4] Also served concurrently as Chief of Staff of the Army.

[5] Also served concurrently as Chief of Staff of the Air Force.

[6] Also served concurrently as President and Minister of Defence and Security.

[7] Also served concurrently as Commander of the Operational Command for the Restoration of Security and Order (Kopkamtib). First Commander of the Armed Forces who was not also appointed as Minister of Defense.

[8] Also served concurrently as Minister of Defence and Security (from 17 March 1993) and Chief of Staff of the Army (until 23 March 1993).

[9] Also served concurrently as Minister of Defence and Security.

[15] so served concurrently as Chief of Staff of the Air Force (until 17 January 2018).

[autogenerated1-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ [1] Archived 9 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[08des-2] "Marsekal Hadi Tjahjanto Resmi Jabat Panglima TNI".

[10] Indonesian Parliament Endorse Djoko Suyanto as Military Chief Archived February 5, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

[11] Biografi di tokohindonesia.com

[post1-12] Adm. Agus Suhartono to be installed as new TNI chief Tuesday Archived December 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. The Jakarta Post. September 28, 2010.

[13] Rinaldo (30 August 2013). "Presiden SBY Lantik Panglima TNI dan KSAD Pagi Ini". liputan6dotcom. Retrieved 30 August 2013.

[14] "Gatot Nurmantyo officially becomes TNI commander". The Jakarta Post. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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