The National Main Heroes' Cemetery in Kalibata (), colloquially known as Kalibata Heroes' Cemetery ( or ''TMP Kalibata''), is a military cemetery in Kalibata, South Jakarta, Indonesia. It was built in 1953 and opened on 10 November 1954. Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie was the first Indonesian President to be buried in the cemetery following his death on 11 September 2019. Former Indonesian foreign minister

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, who died 6 days before the cemetery was opened, was the first senior politician buried in the cemetery. There were also 121 bodies moved from Heroes' Cemetery in Ancol. More than 7,000 military casualties and veterans from the Indonesian War of Independence are buried there. This includes many veterans of the

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who stayed in the

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after

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of their own free will and fought for Indonesian independence.

Burial criteria

Act No. 20 of 2009, which regulates the

orders, decorations, and medals of Indonesia Awards and decorations of the Republic of Indonesia are both military and civilian awards for service and personal contributions to the Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia. According to the Constitution of Indonesia, Chapter III Article 15: ''"The P ...

, also regulates the eligibility for burial in the cemetery. Before the promulgation of the Act, anyone with the consent of the Ministry of Social Affairs could be buried in the cemetery; after its promulgation, only the following people may be buried there: * People designated as a

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; or * Recipients of the

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or the Star of Mahaputra.

Japanese

Up to 3,000 Japanese volunteers fought against the Dutch. Of these approximately 1,000 died, 1,000 returned to Japan after Indonesia's independence, and 1,000 remained and were naturalized in Indonesia.Hatakeyama (2004), pp. 675–676 Japanese Prime Minister

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visited on 13 January 2002, Japanese Prime Minister

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visited on 21 August 2007. and Japanese Prince Akishino and Princess Akishino visited on 19 January 2008. Since the late 20th century, every Japanese leader or ambassador who visited Jakarta would visit the cemetery. The Emperor of Japan

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with his

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Masako, visited the Cemetery on 20 June 2023.

Notable people buried in the cemetery

Indonesians Japanese * Rahmat Shigeru OnoArticle on Rahmat, the last surviving Japanese soldier in Indonesia.
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References

* Kiyoyuki Hatakeyama, Masayasu Hosaka (2004), ''Rikugun Nakano Gakko Shusen Hishi'', Shinchosha {{Authority control Indonesia–Japan relations National cemeteries Indonesian National Revolution Cemeteries in Jakarta Military cemeteries Heroes cemeteries in Indonesia

Burial criteria

Japanese

Notable people buried in the cemetery

See also

References