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; 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 (1976–1998); B. J. Habibie (1998–1999); Abdurrahman Wahid (1999–2001); Megawati Sukarnoputri (2001–2004); Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2004–2005); Try Sutrisno; Endriartono Sutarto; Sutiyoso; Bambang Darmono; Da'i Bachtiar	Hasan di Tiro; Malik Mahmud; Zaini Abdullah; Abdullah Syafi'i †; Muzakir Manaf; Sofyan Daud; Ayah Muni †; Ishak Daud †; Abu Arafah †
Strength
12,000 (1990); 30,000 (2001); 15,000 (2002); 35,000–50,000 (2003)	25 (1976); 200 (1979–1989); 750 (1991); 15,000–27,000 (1999); 3,000 (2005)
Casualties and losses
100 killed	Civilians and military killed:; 100 (1976–1979); 2,000–10,000 (1991–1992); 393 (1993); 1,041 (2000); 1,700 (2001); 1,230 (2002) Total: 15,000 total dead

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 military offensive in 2003 and the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami brought an peace agreement and an eventual end to the insurgency.