Goliath Namaan Tabuni[1] (born 1959) is a Papuan guerilla leader who is commander of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB).
In the 1990s, he joined Kelly Kwalik's unit near the Grasberg mine, before splitting off and returning to Puncak Jaya in 2004, establishing his base in the district of Tingginambut.
[3] Between 2009 and 2015, at least 29 Indonesian police and military members have been killed in Puncak Jaya, due to ambushes by guerilla fighters led by Tabuni.
[4] Due to his prominence as a guerilla leader, he also became involved in local politics – in 2006, a local politician approached him for support in a regional election against later Papua governor Lukas Enembe,[7] and in 2009 Tabuni supported Golkar in exchange for his cousin Deerd Tabuni becoming a provincial legislator – and Deerd later even became the legislature's chairman.
[2] Tabuni has publicly announced that he would not support the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP).