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Gatot Nurmantyo | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2015 | |
| Commander of the National Armed Forces | |
| In office 8 July 2015 – 8 December 2017 | |
| President | Joko Widodo |
| Preceded by | General Moeldoko |
| Succeeded by | ACM Hadi Tjahjanto |
| Chief of Staff of the Army | |
| In office 25 July 2014 – 15 July 2015 | |
| President | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Joko Widodo |
| Preceded by | General Budiman |
| Succeeded by | General Mulyono |
| Commander of Army Strategic Command | |
| In office 2 June 2013 – 26 September 2014 | |
| President | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |
| Preceded by | Lieutenant General Muhammad Munir |
| Succeeded by | Lieutenant General Mulyono |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 March 1960 Tegal, Central Java, Indonesia |
| Spouse | Enny Trimurti |
| Alma mater | Indonesian Military Academy |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Indonesia |
| Branch/service |  Indonesian Army |
| Years of service | 1982–2018 |
| Rank |  General |
| Commands | Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army Commander of Army Strategic Command |
General (Ret.) Gatot Nurmantyo (born 13 March 1960) is a retired Indonesian Army general who was commander (Panglima) 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. From 2013 to 2014, he was Commander of Army Strategic Command (Kostrad), replacing Lieutenant General Muhammad Munir.
In June 2015, he was nominated by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to replace TNI commander General Moeldoko, who was nearing retirement age. His appointment was then confirmed by the DPR. In December 2017, as Nurmantyo neared retirement age (in March 2018), the president announced his intention to replace him with Air Force Chief-of-Staff Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto as TNI commander.
Nurmantyo joined government officials and social activists in a march to support religious tolerance during the November 2016 Jakarta protests. Alongside Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa, Indonesian National Police chief Tito Karnavian and Islamic activist Yenny Wahid, he led public support of interfaith unity as a counterbalance to protests against Jakarta's Christian ethnic-Chinese governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama which included elements of intolerance and Sinophobia.[2][3]
- ^ "Gatot Nurmantyo officially becomes TNI commander". The Jakarta Post. July 14, 2015. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
- ^ Police Chief Calls for National Unity. Tempo, 30 November 2016. Accessed 5 December 2016.
- ^ Tia Asmara, Indonesians Rally for Unity in Military-Backed Demonstrations. Benar News, 30 November 2016. Accessed 5 December 2016.