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Megawati Soekarnoputri
Megawati Soekarnoputri
5th President of Indonesia
	In office; 23 July 2001 – 20 October 2004
Vice President	Hamzah Haz
Preceded by	Abdurrahman Wahid
Succeeded by	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
8th Vice President of Indonesia
	In office; 21 October 1999 – 23 July 2001
President	Abdurrahman Wahid
Preceded by	B. J. Habibie
Succeeded by	Hamzah Haz
Leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 15 February 1999
Personal details
Born	Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri; January 23, 1947 (age 77); Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Political party	PDIP
Spouse(s)	Surindro Supjarso (m. 1968; died 1970); Hassan Gamal Ahmad Hassan (m. 1972; ann. 1972); Taufiq Kiemas (m. 1973; died 2013)
Children	Mohammad Rizki Pratama; Mohammad Prananda Prabowo; Puan Maharani
Mother	Fatmawati
Father	Sukarno
Alma mater	Padjadjaran University; University of Indonesia
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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

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]

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