Megawati Sukarnoputri

Megawati Soekarnoputri
Megawati Soekarnoputri
Born	Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri; January 23, 1947 (age 77); Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Alma mater	Padjadjaran University; University of Indonesia
Office	5th President of Indonesia
Predecessor	Abdurrahman Wahid
Successor	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Political party	PDIP
Spouse(s)	Surindro Supjarso; (m. 1968; died 1970); Hassan Gamal Ahmad Hassan; (m. 1972; annulled 1972); Taufiq Kiemas; (m. 1973; died 2013)
Children	Mohammad Rizki Pratama; Mohammad Prananda Prabowo; Puan Maharani
Parents	Sukarno (father); Fatmawati (mother);
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Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Soekarnoputri (born January 23, 1947), was President of Indonesia from July 23, 2001 to October 20, 2004. She was the Indonesia's first female President, and leader born after independence. On September 20, 2004, she lost her campaign for re-election in the 2004 Indonesian presidential election. She was also the country's vice president from 21 October 1999 to 23 July 2001. She is the daughter of Indonesia's first president, Soekarno.

Early life

President Soekarno, with his children Megawati Soekarnoputri and Guntur, while receiving Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru along with his daughter Indira Gandhi.

Megawati Soekarnoputri was born in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Her father is Indonesia's first President, Soekarno, and her mother is Fatmawati, one of Soekarno's nine wives. Megawati Soekarnoputri was Sukarno's second child and first daughter. She grew up in her father's Merdeka Palace, one of Indonesia's presidential palace. She used to dance for her father's guests and had a hobby of gardening. Megawati Soekarnoputri was 19 when her father gave up his power in 1966 and was taken over by a government which was later led by President Soeharto.^[1]

Megawati Soekarnoputri studied agriculture at Padjadjaran University in Bandung but dropped out in 1967 to be with her father following his loss of power. In 1970, the year her father died, Megawati Soekarnoputri went to the University of Indonesia to study psychology but dropped out two years later.^[2]

Megawati Sukarnoputri Media

Megawati Sukarnoputri as a member of the People's Representative Council in 1987.
Megawati's official vice-presidential portrait, BRI 2nd Class featured.
MPR speaker Amien Rais congratulates Megawati Sukarnoputri on her appointment as president.
President Megawati Sukarnoputri during her visit to the White House. Beside her is U.S. president George W. Bush.
Megawati Sukarnoputri with Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla (2nd and 3rd from left) in 2016.
Megawati Sukarnoputri at the inauguration of the South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol in Seoul, 10 May 2022
Megawati Sukarnoputri with husband Taufiq Kiemas and three children.
Bintang Republik Indonesia Adipurna rib
Bintang Republik Indonesia Adipradana rib

References

↑ "Megawati Soekarnoputri, Mbak Pendiam itu Emas | Biografi Tokoh Indonesia". Archived from the original on 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
↑ East & Thomas 2003, p. 233

Political offices
Preceded by Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie	Vice President of Indonesia 1999 - 2001	Succeeded by Hamzah Haz
Preceded by Abdurrahman Wahid	President of Indonesia 2001 - 2004	Succeeded by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Hun Sen	Chairperson of ASEAN 2003	Succeeded by Khamtai Siphandon

[autogenerated5-1] "Megawati Soekarnoputri, Mbak Pendiam itu Emas | Biografi Tokoh Indonesia". Archived from the original on 2007-08-12. Retrieved 2019-09-13.

[East_Thomas-2] East & Thomas 2003, p. 233

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