In the Indonesian military, titular and honorary ranks are two different types of special military ranks. Unlike the normal rank in the Indonesian military, titular and honorary ranks could be given to civilians who served temporarily in the military or contributed to the military.

Titular rank

Background

Titular rank have been given since the

Indonesian National Revolution The Indonesian National Revolution (), also known as the Indonesian War of Independence (, ), was an armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between the Republic of Indonesia and the Dutch Empire and an internal social revolution during A ...

. During the revolution, the office of governors, residents, and regents were transformed into military offices, which allowed them to regulate military affairs in their region. In their capacity, they were given titular military ranks. Military governors were given the titular rank of general major, military residents were given the titular rank of lieutenant colonel, and military regents were given the titular rank of major. Several military offices during the revolution also involve civilian officeholders. An example of this is the Army Political Education Staff and the Military Court. The Army Political Education Staff, which was intended to educate the military on non-military matters, consisted of civilians. As such, these civilians were given the titular rank of major general. Similarly, the military court during the revolution was filled with civilian judges due to the lack of military officers with law backgrounds. These civilian judges were given titular ranks, with the highest being the titular rank of lieutenant general for the chief justice of the supreme army court and the lowest being the titular rank of captain for the court clerk.

Regulation

The first regulation on titular ranks was enacted on 1 August 1946 with the Government Decree No. 7 of 1946. The regulation specifies the use of titular ranks within the military courts. The decree was later amended with the enactment of Government Decree No. 45 of 1948 on 9 October 1948. Regulations about special military ranks were later merged to the Government Decree No. 36 of 1959, which was enacted on 26 June 1959.

Current usage

Titular rank holders

Titular flag officers

Hamengkubuwono IX Shri#South and Southeast Asia, Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX (Javanese script, Hanacaraka: ; 12 April 1912 – 2 October 1988), often abbreviated as HB IX, was an Indonesian politician and Javanese people, Javanese royal who was the second Vice P ...

(titular general) * Roeslan Abdulgani (titular general) * Chairul Saleh (titular lieutenant general, later promoted to titular general on 17 August 1964, titular rank converted to honorary rank posthumously on 22 June 1967) *

Johannes Leimena Johannes Leimena (Often abbreviated as J. Leimana; 6 March 1905 – 29 March 1977), more colloquially referred to as Om Jo, was an Indonesian politician, physician, and National Hero of Indonesia, national hero. He was one of the List of longest ...

(titular vice admiral, later promoted to titular admiral on 17 August 1964) * Soebandrio (titular air vice admiral, later promoted to titular air admiral on 17 August 1964) *

Daud Beureueh Teungku Mohammad Daud Beureueh (17 September 1899 – 10 June 1987) was an Indonesian military Governor of Aceh (1945–1953) and leader of the Free Aceh Movement rebellion in the province (1953–1963). Born in the Keumangan chiefdom of Pidi ...

(titular general major) * Ferdinand Lumbantobing (titular general major) *

Nugroho Notosusanto Brigadier General Raden Panji Nugroho Notosusanto (15 July 1930 – 3 June 1985) was an Indonesian short story writer turned military historian who served as a professor of history at the University of Indonesia. Born to a noble family in ...

(titular brigadier general)

Titular officers

* Kyai Haji Darip Klender (titular lieutenant colonel) * Melanchton Siregar (titular colonel) *

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(titular lieutenant colonel) *

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(titular lieutenant colonel)

Honorary rank

Honorary ranks are usually given as a promotion to retired military officers. Retired military officers who serve as ministers usually received honorary rank promotion.

Honorary rank holders

* Chairul Saleh (honorary general) *Achmad Tahir (honorary general) *

Susilo Sudarman General Soesilo Soedarman ( EYD: Susilo Sudarman) (10 November 1928 – 18 December 1997) was the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs at the Fourth Development Cabinet (1993–1998) and the Minister of Tourism, Post ...

(honorary general) *

Agum Gumelar Agum Gumelar (born 17 December 1945) is a politician and former general of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. He is a former minister having held several positions, a former chairman of Indonesian Football Association and National Sports Commi ...

(honorary general) *

Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan (EYD: ''Luhut Binsar Panjaitan'', born 28 September 1947) is an Indonesian politician, businessman, and retired four-star Army general who has been serving as Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investments (I ...

(honorary general) *

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (born 9 September 1949), commonly referred to as SBY, is an Indonesian politician and retired Indonesian Army, army general who served as the sixth president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014 and the second president of Ind ...

(honorary general) * Hari Sabarno (honorary general) *

Abdullah Mahmud Hendropriyono General (Ret.) Abdullah Mahmud Hendropriyono ( ; born 7 May 1945) is a retired honorary general from Kopassus, the Indonesian Army special forces group. Hendropriyono was the first head of Indonesia's State Intelligence Agency (Indonesia), State ...

(honorary general) *

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(honorary general) *

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(honorary lieutenant general) * Ary Mardjono (honorary lieutenant general) *Z.A. Maulani (honorary lieutenant general) *Kentot Harseno (honorary lieutenant general) * Sintong Panjaitan (honorary lieutenant general) *

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(honorary major general){{Cite book, last=General Elections Institution, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VODlHHq4FukC&pg=PA723, title=Riwajat hidup anggota-anggota Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat hasil pemilihan umum 1971, publisher=General Elections Institution, year=1973, location=Jakarta, pages=723, author-link=General Elections Institution *Muchlis Ibrahim (honorary major general) * Bandjela Paliudju (honorary major general) *

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(honorary commander)

References

Military ranks of Indonesia