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 Agus Salim, 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 Imperial Japanese Army who stayed in the Dutch colony after World War II 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, 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:

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. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visited on 13 January 2002, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe 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 Naruhito with his Empress Masako, visited the Cemetery on 20 June 2023.

Notable people buried in the cemetery

Indonesians • B. J. Habibie (3rd President of Indonesia, 7th Vice President of Indonesia) • Adam Malik (3rd Vice President of Indonesia) • Umar Wirahadikusumah (4th Vice President of Indonesia) • Sudharmono (5th Vice President of Indonesia) • Ali Sastroamidjojo (former Prime Minister of Indonesia) • Djuanda Kartawidjaja (former Prime Minister of Indonesia) • Sutan Sjahrir (former Prime Minister of Indonesia) • Taufiq Kiemas (First Gentleman of Indonesia 2001–2004, Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly 2009–2013) • Harun Al Rasyid Zain (former Minister of Manpower and Transmigration) • Halim Perdanakusuma (national hero of Indonesia) • Hasri Ainun Habibie (First Lady of Indonesia, 1998–1999) • Ani Yudhoyono (First Lady of Indonesia, 2004–2014) • Firman Gani (former Jakarta Metropolitan Police chief) • Ahmad Yani (Commander of Indonesian Army, 1962–1965; victim of 30 September Movement) • R. Soeprapto (victim of 30 September Movement) • Mas Tirtodarmo Haryono (victim of 30 September Movement) • Siswondo Parman (victim of 30 September Movement) • D. I. Pandjaitan (victim of 30 September Movement) • Sutoyo Siswomiharjo (victim of 30 September Movement) • Karel Satsuit Tubun (victim of 30 September Movement) • Rudini (former Indonesian home minister) • Saleh Basarah (former Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force) • Ashadi Tjahjadi (former Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force) • Suwiryo (1st and 3rd Mayor of Jakarta, former Deputy Prime Minister of Indonesia) • Ali Moertopo (prominent general and Minister for Information) • Boedijono (3rd Governor of Central Java) • Achmad Tahir (former Minister of Tourism, Post, and Telecommunications) • Agus Salim (former Indonesian foreign minister) • Ruslan Abdulgani (former Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations, former Indonesian foreign minister) • Maria Ulfah Santoso (women's rights activist and first female to become Indonesian cabinet member) • John Lie (national hero of Indonesia) • Leonardus Benjamin Moerdani (former Indonesian defence minister, former Republic of Indonesia Armed Forces commander) • Ali Alatas (former Indonesian foreign minister) • Edi Sudrajat (former Indonesian defence minister) • Abdul Haris Nasution (former Chief of Staff of the Republic of Indonesia War Forces, former Speaker of the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly) • Johanna Masdani (participant during the 1928 Youth Pledge) • Widjojo Nitisastro (former Coordinating Minister of Economics, Finance, and Industry of Indonesia) • Sayuti Melik (typist of the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence text) • S. K. Trimurti (former Indonesian labour minister, Sayuti Melik's wife) • Radius Prawiro (former Coordinating Minister of Economics, Finance, Industry, and Development Supervision of Indonesia) • Ernest Douwes Dekker (national hero of Indonesia) • Agus Wirahadikusumah (former commander of Kostrad) • B.M. Diah (former Minister of Information of the Republic of Indonesia) • Herawati Diah (B.M. Diah's wife) • Rasuna Said (national hero of Indonesia) • A.M. Fatwa (deputy speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly, 2004–2009) • Alimin (national movement activist) • Hasan Basri Durin (former Indonesian Agrarian State Minister) • Johannes Abraham Dimara (national hero of Indonesia, integration of Papua) • I Gusti Putu Danny Nugraha Karya served as the Head of Papua Regional State Intelligence Agency (Kabinda Papua) until his death in combat during a military operation in April 2021. Japanese