Taufiq Kiemas

Taufiq Kiemas
Official portrait, c.1999
12th Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly
In office
3 October 2009  8 June 2013
Preceded byHidayat Nur Wahid
Succeeded bySidarto Danusubroto
First Gentleman of Indonesia
In role
23 July 2001  20 October 2004
PresidentMegawati Sukarnoputri
Preceded bySinta Nuriyah (as First Lady)
Succeeded byAni Yudhoyono (as First Lady)
Second Gentleman of Indonesia
In role
21 October 1999  23 July 2001
Vice PresidentMegawati Sukarnoputri
Preceded byHasri Ainun Habibie (as Second Lady)
Succeeded byAsmaniah Haz (as Second Lady)
Personal details
Born
Muhammad Taufiq Kiemas

(1942-12-31)31 December 1942
Bandar Lampung, Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies
Died8 June 2013(2013-06-08) (aged 70)
Bukit Merah, Singapore
Resting placeKalibata Heroes' Cemetery
Political partyPDI-P
Other political
affiliations
PDI (until 1999)
Spouse
(m. 1973)
ChildrenPuan Maharani
Parents
  • Tjik Agus Kiemas (father)
  • Hamzathoen Roesyda (mother)
Relatives
Alma materSriwijaya University
Occupation
  • Politician
  • legislator
AwardsStar of the Republic of Indonesia Adipradana

Muhammad Taufiq Kiemas (31 December 1942 – 8 June 2013) was an Indonesian politician who served as the Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly of Indonesia from 2009 until his death in 2013. A member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), he was the husband of party chairwoman Megawati Sukarnoputri, president of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004. He remains Indonesia's only first gentleman.