Insurgency in Aceh

Insurgency in Aceh

Female soldiers of the Free Aceh Movement with GAM commander Abdullah Syafei'i, 1999
Date4 December 1976 – 15 August 2005
(28 years, 8 months, 1 week and 4 days)
Location
Result
  • Indonesian tactical victory
  • Helsinki peaceful Memorandum of Understanding
  • Special autonomy granted to Aceh
  • Disarmament of the GAM
  • End of GAM's claim of independence
  • Departure of non-organic Indonesian troops, leaving only 25,000 soldiers in the province
  • Aceh Monitoring Mission
  • Regional elections held
Belligerents
Free Aceh Movement
Commanders and leaders
Suharto (1976–1998)
B. J. Habibie (1998–1999)
Abdurrahman Wahid (1999–2001)
Megawati Sukarnoputri (2001–2004)
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2004–2005)
Try Sutrisno
Endriartono Sutarto
Sutiyoso
Bambang Darmono
Da'i Bachtiar
Hasan di Tiro
Malik Mahmud
Zaini Abdullah
Abdullah Syafi'i [1]
Muzakir Manaf
Sofyan Daud
Ayah Muni [2]
Ishak Daud [3]
Strength
12,000 (1990)[4]
30,000 (2001)[4]
Indonesia 15,000 (2002)[5]
35,000[6]–50,000 (2003)[4]
25 (1976)[7]
200 (1979–1989)[7]
750 (1991)[5]
15,000–27,000 (1999)[7]
3,000 (2005)[8]
Casualties and losses
less than 100 killed[9]

Civilians and military killed:
100 (1976–79)[7]
2,000–10,000 (1991–1992)[7]
393 (1993)[7]
1,041 (2000)[7]
1,700 (2001)[7]
1,230 (2002)[7]

Total: 15,000 total dead[10]

The insurgency in Aceh, officially designated the Rebellion in Aceh (Indonesian: Pemberontakan di Aceh) by the Indonesian government, was a conflict fought by the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) between 1976 and 2005, with the goal of making the province of Aceh independent from Indonesia. The aftermath of a strong military offensive in 2003 and the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami brought a peace agreement and an end to the insurgency.[11]

  1. ^ Indonesia – OCHA consolidated situation report No. 60 http://reliefweb.int/report/indonesia/indonesia-ocha-consolidated-situation-report-no-60#sthash.zrgPBcJj.dpuf ReliefWeb, 25 January 2002
  2. ^ TNI claims to have shot GAM commander Archived 3 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine The Jakarta Post, 30 May 2011
  3. ^ "ISHAK DAUD, War of the End in Alue Nireh". steemit. 2 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b c Uppsala conflict data expansion. Non-state actor information. Codebook pp. 295–296
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference REF1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Global Security – Free Aceh Movement
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i Michael L.Ross (2007). "Resources and Rebellion in Aceh , Indonesia" Archived 30 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine (PDF), pp. 6. The World Bank.
  8. ^ ECP. Annuario 2006 de procesos de paz. Vicenç Fisas Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine pág. 75.
  9. ^ Paul, Christopher; Clarke, Colin P.; Grill, Beth; Dunigan, Molly (2013). "Indonesia (Aceh), 1976–2005". Paths to Victory. RAND Corporation. pp. 403–414. ISBN 9780833081094. JSTOR 10.7249/j.ctt5hhsjk.47.
  10. ^ "Indonesia agrees Aceh peace deal". BBC News. 17 July 2005. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
  11. ^ "Insurgency in Aceh | The Resilience of Nature". blogs.ntu.edu.sg. Retrieved 13 May 2020.