Rear Admiral Mas Pardi (1 October 1901 – 13 August 1968) was the founder and leader of the central People's Security Agency Marines, which was the forerunner of the Indonesian Navy.

Mas Pardi was born in Ambarawa, Central Java, in 1901, studying at a Hollandsch-Inlandsche School until 1916 and continued to a Meer Uitgebreid Lager Onderwijs until 1920.

[1] During the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, Mas Pardi, a Senior Sailor among the native Pribumi, Continuing his career at the Higher Shipping School (SPT) which was formed by the Imperial Japanese Navy, now the Semarang Shipping Science Polytechnic.

The agency was later transformed into the TKR Marine and during the Indonesian Revolution, participated in combat against the Dutch forces both at sea and on land in various parts of Indonesia.

[4] Mas Pardi died at the SPM Polyclinic in Semarang, Central Java, at the age of 66 years, on Tuesday, 13 August 1968, at 18.45 WIB.