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Gerakan Pramuka | |||
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Headquarters | Gambir, Jakarta | ||
Country | Indonesia | ||
Founded | 14 August 1961 | (first public parade of unified scout movement)||
Founder | Government of Indonesia under the Sukarno Guided Democracy administration Hamengkubuwono IX, first Chief Scout | ||
Membership | 25.272.760 (2022) | ||
Chief Scout | Police Commissioner Gen. (ret.) Budi Waseso | ||
Affiliation | World Organization of the Scout Movement | ||
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Website www www | |||
The Pramuka Movement of Indonesia (Indonesian: Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia),[1] officially the Praja Muda Karana Scouting Movement (Indonesian: Gerakan Kepanduan Praja Muda Karana), is the national scouting organization of Indonesia. Scouting was founded in the Dutch East Indies in 1912, and Indonesia became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) in 1953. Regulated by the Pramuka Movement Act of 2010, all elementary and secondary schools must operate a scouting program; and membership was compulsory for students in elementary and secondary schools from 2013[2] to 2024.[3] It has 25.272.760 members (as of 2022),[4] making it the world's largest Scout association.
The organization was established on 14 August 1961 as a part of the late Sukarno government's attempt to create a Scouting-like movement "freed from (the influences of) Baden-Powell",[5] a goal largely reversed under the succeeding Suharto government. August 14 is celebrated as Pramuka Day to honour the organisation's first public parade in 1961, wherein independence hero Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX of Yogyakarta was appointed as the first Chief Scout of the GPI.
Unlike other Scouting organizations the GPI uses a full military salute instead of the usual Scout sign and salute, honoring the fighting youth of the foundational organizations that formed the GPI for their service during the long Indonesian National Revolution (1945–49).
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