Indonesian Red Cross Society

{{Short description|National Red Cross Society in Indonesia}} {{pp-move|small=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox organization | name = Indonesian Red Cross Society<br />''Palang Merah Indonesia'' | image = Logo_of_Indonesian_Red_Cross.svg | image_border = | image_size = 160px | image_alt = Indonesian Red Cross Society logo | caption = | abbreviation = PMI | formation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1945|09|17}} | extinction = | type = Non-governmental organization | status = Foundation | purpose = Humanitarianism | headquarters = Jakarta | location = Indonesia | coordinates = | region_served = Indonesia | membership = | language = Indonesian | leader_title = Chairman | leader_name = Jusuf Kalla | main_organ = | parent_organization = | affiliations = | num_staff = 105 staff, including 17 expatriates | num_volunteers = | budget = | website = {{URL|https://pmi.or.id/}} | remarks = }}

The '''Indonesian Red Cross Society''' ({{langx|id|Palang Merah Indonesia}}, '''PMI''') is a humanitarian organization in Indonesia. It is a member of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Indonesia is one of the few Muslim-majority countries to use the Red Cross as its symbol. Indonesia is not a strictly faith-based nation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Indonesian-Red-Cross-does-not-give-in-to-Islamist,-cross-remains-in-logo-24085.html|work=AsiaNews|author=Mathias Hariyadi|date=27 February 2012|title=Indonesian Red Cross does not give in to Islamist, cross remains in logo}}</ref>

In mid-2013, the Indonesian Red Cross Society had 32,568 people in its Volunteer Corps, 19,294 Individual Volunteers and 893,381 Blood Donor Volunteers, for a total of 945,243 persons, which is recorded as the highest number of volunteers in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pmi.or.id/ina/news/?act=detail&p_id=1016 |title=PMI Bina dan Kembangkan Relawan melalui Temu Karya Nasional |date=13 June 2013 |publisher=Indonesian Red Cross Society |access-date=17 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014173816/http://www.pmi.or.id/ina/news/?act=detail&p_id=1016 |archive-date=14 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History== The IRCS was created on 17 September 1945, exactly one month after Indonesia's independence.<ref name="PMIhistory">[http://www.pmi.or.id/ina/history/default.asp?act=pmi "History"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104040949/http://www.pmi.or.id/ina/history/default.asp?act=pmi |date=4 November 2010 }}. Indonesian Red Cross Society.</ref> President Sukarno ordered its inception when a battle between Indonesian soldiers and allied troops broke out, leaving many wounded, on 3 September 1945.<ref name="PMIhistory" /> Based on the performance, IRCS received an international recognition in 1950 that it was accepted as a member of the International Red Cross and achieved its legal status through Presidential Decree Number 25 of 1959, which was later reinforced by Presidential Decree Number 245 of 1963.<ref name="PMIhistory" />

==Location== The IRCS central headquarters is located at Jl. Jenderal Gatot Soebroto Kav. 96, Jakarta.<ref>[http://www.pmi.or.id/ina/contact/ "Contact"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102184202/http://www.pmi.or.id/ina/contact/ |date=2 November 2010 }}. Indonesian Red Cross Society.</ref>

==Chairpersons== #Mohammad Hatta (1945–1946) #Mas Sutardjo Kertohadikusumo (1946–1948) #Bendoro Pangeran Haryo (BPH) Bintoro (1948–1952) #Bahder Djohan (1952–1954) #Paku Alam VIII (1954–1966) #Basuki Rahmat (1966–1969) #Satrio (1970–1982) #Suyoso Sumodimejo (1982–1986) #Ibnu Sutowo (1986–1992) #Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana (1992–1998) #Mar'ie Muhammad (1998–2009) #Jusuf Kalla (2009–present)

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==External links== * [https://pmi.or.id/ PMI Official Website]

Category:Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies Category:Medical and health organizations based in Indonesia Category:1945 establishments in Indonesia Category:Organizations established in 1945