Insurgency in Aceh

Insurgency in Aceh
Female soldiers of the Free Aceh Movement with GAM commander Abdullah Syafei'i, 1999
Date 4 December 1976 – 15 August 2005 (28 years, 8 months, 1 week and 4 days) Location Aceh, Indonesia Result Indonesian tactical victory Helsinki peaceful Memorandum of Understanding Special autonomy granted to Aceh Disarmament of the GAM End of GAM's claim of independence Departure of non-organic Indonesian troops, leaving only 25,000 soldiers in the province Aceh Monitoring Mission Regional elections held
Belligerents
Indonesia Indonesian National Armed Forces Indonesian National Police	Free Aceh Movement
Commanders and leaders
Suharto B. J. Habibie Abdurrahman Wahid Megawati Sukarnoputri Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Try Sutrisno Endriartono Sutarto Sutiyoso Bambang Darmono Da'i Bachtiar	Hasan di Tiro Zaini Abdullah Abdullah Syafi'i †[1] Muzakir Manaf Sofyan Daud Ayah Muni †[2] Ishak Daud †[3]
Strength
12,000 (1990)[4] 30,000 (2001)[4] 15,000 (2002)[5] 35,000[6]–50,000 (2003)[4]	25 (1976)[7] 200 (1979–1989)[7] 750 (1991)[5] 15,000–27,000 (1999)[7] 3,000 (2005)[8]
Casualties and losses
less than 100 killed[9]	Civilians and military killed: 100 (1976–79)[7] 2,000–10,000 (1991–1992)[7] 393 (1993)[7] 1,041 (2000)[7] 1,700 (2001)[7] 1,230 (2002)[7] Total: 15,000 total dead[10]

The insurgency in Aceh, officially designated the Rebellion in Aceh (Indonesian: Pemberontakan di Aceh) by the Indonesian government, was a conflict fought by the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) between 1976 and 2005, with the goal of making the province of Aceh independent from Indonesia. The aftermath of a strong military offensive in 2003 and the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami brought a peace agreement and an end to the insurgency.^[11]