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General (Ret.) Gatot Nurmantyo (born 13 March 1960) is a retired Indonesian Army general who was commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) from 8 July 2015 until 8 December 2017. [1] Previously, he was the 30th Army Chief of Staff from 25 July 2014 after being appointed by President Yudhoyono to replace General Budiman.
Formerly also a military secretary to President Joko Widodo, the president nominated him to the People's Representative Council as the sole candidate for the Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (Panglima TNI), replacing Gatot Nurmantyo. He was formally appointed on 8 December 2017.
Panglima: Reports to: President of Indonesia: Residence: Official residence of the Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, Menteng, Jakarta: Seat: Indonesian Armed Forces Headquarters, Cilangkap, Jakarta: Nominator: President of Indonesia: Appointer: President of Indonesia with legislature (DPR) approval: Formation: 12 November 1945 ...
President Sukarno's proposal to militarise the masses was spot on. Your President is the Supreme Leader of the Armed Forces of the Sea, Land, Air and Police. There needs to be an additional force - a militia. And Sukarno needs to be the supreme commander of the militia too. Of course, this should be established gradually.
It consists of the Army (TNI-AD), Navy (TNI-AL), and Air Force (TNI-AU). The President of Indonesia is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. As of 2023 [update] , it comprises approximately 400,000 military personnel including the Indonesian Marine Corps ( Korps Marinir RI ), which is a branch of the Navy.
The kindness of Japan to Indonesia was not free of cost. Japan tried to conscript the young generation of Indonesia to supplement its own military forces. Adding more personnel was very critical for the Japanese military. However, Gatot Mangkupradja, a pro-Japanese nationalist figure, opposed Japan's idea of conscription. Instead, he proposed a ...
Panglima (archaic form: penglima, Jawi: ڤڠليم) a military title used in Indonesia and Malaysia, and historically in the Philippines. It means 'a commander of a body of troops' deriving from lima , a long-obsolete word for 'hand'.
The Indonesian National Armed Forces Strategic Intelligence Agency (Indonesian: Badan Intelijen Strategis Tentara Nasional Indonesia), abbreviated BAIS TNI, is a state institution that specifically handles military intelligence and is under the command of the Indonesian National Armed Forces headquarters.