Colonel Dahlan Djambek (1917 — 13 September 1961)[1] was a military officer, independence fighter, and minister in the Cabinet of the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia (PRRI).

[4] In late 1943, with Japan beginning to lose the Pacific War, its government issued orders to form volunteer units in occupied Indonesia.

[6] Under Djambek's orders and planning, the division in 1946 crushed a revolutionary commune in Baso, Agam which had been robbing travellers and attacking government officials in its vicinity.

[13] After his resignation from the army headquarters, he left Jakarta and moved to Padang, where he was appointed Secretary General of the Gerakan Bersama Anti-Komunis (Gebak) which was founded in West Sumatra in September 1958.

When he was about to surrender in 1961, Dahlan was shot and killed in the village of Lariang, Palupuh, Agam by OPR (Organisasi Perlawanan Rakyat) troops,[17] a paramilitary force affiliated to the Communist Party of Indonesia and trained by the central government.