Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces

The Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (Indonesian: Panglima Tentara Nasional Indonesia, 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.

Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces
Panglima TNI
Insignia of the Armed Forces
Incumbent
General Andika Perkasa
since 17 November 2021
Indonesian National Armed Forces
StylePanglima
Member ofAdvanced Indonesia Cabinet (Kabinet Indonesia Maju)
Reports toPresident of Indonesia
ResidenceRumah Dinas Panglima TNI, Menteng - Jakarta
SeatIndonesian Armed Forces Headquarters, Cilangkap - Jakarta
NominatorPresident of Indonesia
AppointerPresident of Indonesia with Legislative Board approval
Formation1945
First holderGeneral Soedirman
DeputyDeputy Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces

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 (Panglima Besar Tentara Keamanan Rakyat), which later will be called Commander of the Army of the Republic of Indonesia (Panglima Tentara Republik Indonesia), Commander of the Republic of Indonesia Military Forces (Panglima Angkatan Perang Republik Indonesia), Chief of Staffs of the Armed Forces (Kepala Staf ABRI), Commander of the Armed Forces (Panglima ABRI), and finally Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (Panglima TNI, when Indonesian National Police was excluded) until now. 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]

Various four-star officers (army generals, navy admirals, and air force marshals) from armed forces branches (Army, Navy, Air Force) has held the office. As stated by law (undang-undang no 34/2004), the office has to be held by officer from each service branch who is/was the Chief of Staff (either KSAD, KSAU, or KSAL respectively).

The office is held by General Andika Perkasa, an Indonesian Army officer, who was inaugurated by President Joko Widodo on 17 December 2021.

As a commander, he has direct command control to all of the principal operational commands such as Army Strategic Command, Kopassus, Indonesian Marine Corps, Fleet Commands, Air Ops Commands, etc. As per president's decree 66/2019, an office of Deputy Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces was established in which a four-star officer (army general, navy admiral, or air force marshal) would be the holder.[2] Since 2019, the position is still vacant.

Responsibilities

As per Presidential Decree no.66 of 2019, the responsibilities of the Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces are to: [2]

  • lead the Armed Forces
  • implement the national defense policy
  • exercise the military strategy & operations
  • develop the doctrinal policies
  • exercise TNI power projection for military operation matters
  • exercise TNI power development and maintain operational readiness
  • provide advisory to Minister of Defense on national defense policy
  • provide advisory to Minister of Defense on TNI's demand fulfillment and other defense components
  • provide advisory to Minister of Defense on development and execution of strategic planning of national resources for national defense matters
  • utilize reserve component after mobilized for military operation matters
  • utilize supporting component which has been prepared for military operation matters
  • exercise other roles and responsibilities entrusted to his office by the Constitution and laws of the Republic

List of Commanders
No. Portrait Commander of the Indonesian National Armed ForcesTook officeLeft officeTime in officeDefence branchRef.
—
Soemoharjo, OeripLieutenant general
Oerip Soemohardjo
(1893–1948)
Acting		17 August 194512 November 194587 days
Army		[1]
1
SudirmanGeneral
Soedirman
(1916–1950)
[lower-alpha 1]		12 November 194529 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 19504 November 19522 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[lower-alpha 2]		December 1955July 19593 years, 7 months
Army		[1]
4
Soerjadarma, SoerjadiAir Chief Marshal
Soerjadi Soerjadarma
(1912–1975)
as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff[lower-alpha 3]		July 195919 January 19622 years, 6 months
Air Force		[1]
(3)
Nasution, Abdul HarisGeneral
Abdul Haris Nasution
(1918–2000)
as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces[lower-alpha 2]		January 1962March 19664 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[lower-alpha 4]		June 1968March 19734 years, 9 months
Army		[1]
6
Panggabean, MaradenGeneral
Maraden Panggabean
(1922–2000)		March 1973April 19785 years, 1 month
Army		[1]
7
Jusuf, MohammadGeneral
Mohammad Jusuf
(1928–2004)		April 197828 March 19834 years, 11 months
Army		.
8
Moerdani, Leonardus BenjaminGeneral
Leonardus Benjamin Moerdani
(1932–2004)
[lower-alpha 5]		28 March 198327 February 19884 years, 336 days
Army		.
9
Sutrisno, TryGeneral
Try Sutrisno
(born 1935)		27 February 198819 February 19934 years, 358 days
Army		.
10
Sudradjat, EdiGeneral
Edi Sudradjat
(1938–2006)
[lower-alpha 6]		19 February 199321 May 199391 days
Army		.
11
Tanjung, FeisalGeneral
Feisal Tanjung
(1939–2013)		21 May 199312 February 19984 years, 267 days
Army		.
12
WirantoGeneral
Wiranto
(born 1947)
[lower-alpha 7]		16 February 199826 October 19991 year, 256 days
Army		.
13
Sutjipto, Widodo AdiAdmiral
Widodo Adi Sutjipto
(born 1944)		26 October 19997 June 20022 years, 224 days
Navy		.
14
Sutarto, EndriartonoGeneral
Endriartono Sutarto
(born 1947)		7 June 200213 February 20063 years, 251 days
Army		.
15
Suyanto, DjokoAir Chief Marshal
Djoko Suyanto
(born 1950)		13 February 200628 December 20071 year, 318 days
Air Force		[3]
16
Santoso, DjokoGeneral
Djoko Santoso
(1952–2020)		28 December 200728 September 20102 years, 274 days
Army
17
Suhartono, AgusAdmiral
Agus Suhartono
(born 1955)		28 September 201030 August 20132 years, 336 days
Navy		[4]
18
MoeldokoGeneral
Moeldoko
(born 1957)		30 August 20138 July 20151 year, 312 days
Army		[5]
19
Nurmantyo, GatotGeneral
Gatot Nurmantyo
(born 1960)		8 July 20158 December 20172 years, 153 days
Army		[6]
20
Tjahjanto, HadiAir Chief Marshal
Hadi Tjahjanto
(born 1963)
[lower-alpha 8]		8 December 201717 November 20213 years, 344 days
Air Force
21
Perkasa, AndikaGeneral
Andika Perkasa
(born 1964)		17 November 2021Incumbent167 days
Army

See also

Notes
  1. 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 )
  2. Also served concurrently as Chief of Staff of the Army.
  3. Also served concurrently as Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
  4. Also served concurrently as President and Minister of Defence and Security.
  5. 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.
  6. Also served concurrently as Minister of Defence and Security (from 17 March 1993) and Chief of Staff of the Army (until 23 March 1993).
  7. Also served concurrently as Minister of Defence and Security.
  8. also served concurrently as Chief of Staff of the Air Force (until 17 January 2018).

References
  1. Bartain, Simatupang (13 August 2005). "Kedudukan Panglima TNI". Pikiran Rakyat (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 9 October 2007.
  2. "Peraturan Presiden Nomor 66 Tahun 2019 tentang Susunan Organisasi Tentara Nasional Indonesia". Presidential Decree No. 66 of 2019 (in Indonesian). President of Indonesia.
  3. "Indonesian Parliament Endorse Djoko Suyanto as Military Chief". Antara. 5 February 2006. Archived from the original on 5 February 2006.
  4. "Adm. Agus Suhartono to be installed as new TNI chief Tuesday". The Jakarta Post. 28 September 2010. Archived from the original on 3 December 2010.
  5. Rinaldo (30 August 2013). "Presiden SBY Lantik Panglima TNI dan KSAD Pagi Ini". liputan6dotcom. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  6. "Gatot Nurmantyo officially becomes TNI commander". The Jakarta Post. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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