Nasution - Abdul Haris Nasution

An Indonesian soldier. He was from the Batak ethnic group in North Sumatra. He became an officer cadet in the Dutch East Indies army under the Dutch colony. During the War of Independence from 1945 to 1949, he displayed outstanding military and administrative skills as the commander of the Siliwangi Division. In 1950, he became Army Chief of Staff. In 1952, he led the "October 17th Incident" which called for the abolition of political parties, and was dismissed. In 1955, he became Army Chief of Staff again. He suppressed the Sumatran rebellion by local military forces from 1957 to 1959. He served as Minister of Defense in 1959 and Chief of Staff of the National Defense Army in 1962, and was a central figure in the military that opposed the Communist Party, which rose to power under the Sukarno regime. He escaped assassination in the "September 30th Incident" in 1965, but was injured, and handed over command of the suppression of the Communist Party to General Suharto. In 1966, he became chairman of the Transitional National Consultative Council under the Suharto regime, and retired in 1972. He became increasingly critical of the regime from the late 1970s, and in 1980 he became involved in a critical movement known as "Group 50." A devout Muslim, he has written many books on national defense.

[Yoneji Kuroyanagi]

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インドネシアの軍人。北スマトラの民族集団バタック出身。オランダ植民地下の蘭印(らんいん)軍で士官候補生となる。1945～1949年の独立戦争期にシリワンギ師団長として卓越した軍政手腕を発揮。1950年陸軍参謀長。1952年、政党廃止を求める「十月十七日事件」を指導して解任。1955年ふたたび陸軍参謀長。1957～1959年の地方軍部のスマトラ反乱を鎮圧。1959年国防相、1962年国軍参謀長を歴任、スカルノ体制下で台頭した共産党に対抗する軍部の中核を占める。1965年「九月三〇日事件」で暗殺を免れたが負傷、共産党弾圧の指揮をスハルト将軍にゆだねた。1966年、スハルト体制下の暫定国民協議会議長、1972年引退。1970年代後半から体制批判色を強め、1980年「グループ50」とよばれる体制批判運動に関与。敬虔(けいけん)なイスラム教徒で、国防に関する著作も多い。

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