Joop Warouw

In April 1950, Warouw was assigned as Troop Commander "B" (Indonesian: Komando Pasukan (Kompas) "B"), which in 1952 became Infantry Regiment 24 (Indonesian: Resimen Infanteri 24 (RI-24)). He was based in Manado and was responsible for the region of north and central Sulawesi. In November 1950, he became Commander of Infantry Regiment 23 based in Parepare. In March 1952, he rose to the position of Chief of Staff of TT-VII/Indonesia Timur.^[1]: 154 After the 17 October affair in Jakarta where a group from the military called for the dissolution of the legislature, Warouw arrested his superior, Gatot Soebroto, because of the latter's support for the demonstrations in Jakarta.^[7]: 28 After serving as interim commander, on August 1, 1954, Warouw was officially installed as Commander of TT-VII/Indonesia Timur.

In 1956, Warouw was appointed military attaché in Beijing. His command of TT-VII/Indonesia Timur was transferred to Lieutenant Colonel Ventje Sumual.^[8]: 9 Because of continued grievances toward the central government in Java due to, among other things, the lack of regional autonomy, on March 2, 1957, Sumual declared the Universal Struggle Charter (Indonesian: Piagam Perjuangan Semesta (Permesta)). In February 1958, Warouw and Sumual went to Tokyo to meet President Sukarno to force him to take action on the current crisis in Indonesia.^[9]: 35 Soon after this meeting, Warouw would resign as Military Attaché and join the Permesta movement.^[10] He was considered one of the leaders of the movement along with Sumual and Alex Kawilarang.^[11] Permesta allied itself with a separate movement based in Sumatra called the "Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia" (Indonesian: Pemerintah Revolusioner Republik Indonesia (PRRI)). Warouw was appointed simultaneously as Vice Prime Minister and Development Minister of PRRI.^[12]: 229 The Indonesian government sent troops in an attempt to quell the rebellion. By 1960, the Indonesian army was gaining the upper hand in North Sulawesi. In April 1960, Warouw was captured and imprisoned by a fractious unit of the movement headed by Jan Timbuleng. He was killed on October 15, 1960, after being held for six months.^[13]: 238 His remains were only discovered in 1992 near Tombatu, which were moved and interred in his hometown of Remboken.