Sudirman
![A black and white picture of a man in a suit and peci looking forward](/Images/godic/202502/14/Sudirman2101.jpg")
![Sudirman and his wife Alfiah with their youngest son, 1949](/Images/godic/202502/14/Sudirman,_his_wife,_and_youngest_child,_Kenang-Kenangan_Pada_Panglima_Besar_Letnan_Djenderal_Soedirman,_p262101.jpg")
![Governor-General Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer and General Hein ter Poorten, brought into an internment camp; the two capitulated to invading Japanese forces on 9 March 1942, leading to a three-year long occupation.](/Images/godic/202502/14/Capture_of_Governor-General_Stachouwer2101.JPG")
![The first dedicated TKR headquarters, located in Gondokusuman, Yogyakarta; it is now the Dharma Wiratama Museum.](/Images/godic/202502/14/Dharma_Wiratama_Museum_042101.jpg")
General of the Army Raden Soedirman (Perfected Spelling: Sudirman; 24 January 1916 – 29 January 1950) was a high-ranking Indonesian military officer during the Indonesian National Revolution. The first commander-in-chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces, he continues to be widely respected in the country.