Megawati Sukarnoputri

Megawati Sukarnoputri
Official portrait, 2001
5th President of Indonesia
In office
23 July 2001  20 October 2004
Vice PresidentHamzah Haz
Preceded byAbdurrahman Wahid
Succeeded bySusilo Bambang Yudhoyono
8th Vice President of Indonesia
In office
21 October 1999  23 July 2001
PresidentAbdurrahman Wahid
Preceded byB. J. Habibie (1998)
Succeeded byHamzah Haz
Member of House of Representatives
In office
1 October 1999  21 October 1999
Succeeded byDwi Ria Latifa
ConstituencyWest Java
In office
1 October 1987  30 September 1997
ConstituencyCentral Java
Chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle
Assumed office
15 February 1999
Preceded byNew political party
Chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party
In office
22 January 1993  27 July 1996
Preceded bySuryadi
Succeeded bySuryadi
Government offices
Chairperson of BRIN Steering Committee
Assumed office
5 May 2021
Preceded byPosition established
Chairperson of BPIP Steering Committee
Assumed office
28 February 2018
Preceded byHerself (as Head of UKP-PIP)
Personal details
Born
Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri

(1947-01-23) 23 January 1947
Djokjakarta, Indonesia
Political partyPDI-P
Other political
affiliations
PDI (1986–1996)
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Spouses
  • Surindro Supjarso
    (m. 1968; died 1970)
  • Hassan Gamal Ahmad Hassan
    (m. 1972; ann. 1972)
  • (m. 1973; died 2013)
Children3, including Puan Maharani
Parents
Relatives
Occupation
  • Politician
  • legislator
Signature
NicknameMega

Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri (Indonesian: [meɡawati sukarnɔputri] ; born 23 January 1947) is an Indonesian politician who served as the fifth president of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004 and the eighth vice president under President Abdurrahman Wahid from 1999 to 2001. She is Indonesia's first and only female president to date.

Megawati Sukarnoputri became president in 2001 when Abdurrahman Wahid was impeached and removed from office. She ran for re-election in the 2004 presidential election, but was defeated by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. She ran again against Yudhoyono in the 2009 presidential election, and was defeated a second time. She is the first and current leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), one of Indonesia's largest political parties. She is the eldest daughter of Indonesia's first president, Sukarno.