General Ahmad Yani (19 June 1922 – 1 October 1965) was the Commander of the Indonesian Army, and was killed by members of the 30 September Movement during an attempt to kidnap him from his house.

There, Yani finished his primary education, leaving high school in 1940 to undergo compulsory military service in the colonial Army of the Dutch East Indies, initially training as a navy seaman.

During the first months after the Declaration of Independence, Yani formed a battalion with himself as commander, and led it to victory against the British at Magelang.

[3] In December 1955, Yani left for the United States to study at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth.

Returning in 1956, Yani was transferred to Army Headquarters in Jakarta where he became a staff member for General Abdul Haris Nasution.

In the early hours of 1 October 1965, the 30 September Movement attempted to kidnap seven members of the Army general staff.

Also, from about 9:00 pm on the evening of 30 September, a series of phone calls were made to the house at intervals, which when answered would be met with mere silence or a voice asking for the time.

The corpses were disinterred on 4 October, and all were given a state funeral the next day, being buried at the National Main Heroes’ Cemetery in Kalibata, South Jakarta.

After the assassination, Mrs Yani and her children moved out of their Latuharhary Street home, and she helped transform the house into a public museum.