Megawati Sukarnoputri | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 (1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Hamzah Haz | ||||||||||||||||||||
Member of House of Representatives | |||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1 October 1999 – 21 October 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Dwi Ria Latifa | ||||||||||||||||||||
Constituency | West Java | ||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1 October 1987 – 30 September 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Constituency | Central Java | ||||||||||||||||||||
1st Chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle | |||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 15 February 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | New political party | ||||||||||||||||||||
5th Chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party | |||||||||||||||||||||
In office 22 January 1993 – 27 July 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Suryadi | ||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Suryadi | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri 23 January 1947 Djokjakarta, Indonesia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | PDI-P | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other political affiliations | PDI (1986–1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Children | 3, including Puan Maharani | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Nickname | Mega | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 in a Muslim-majority country.[4]
Megawati Sukarnoputri became president when Abdurrahman Wahid was removed from office in 2001. She ran for re-election in the 2004 presidential election, but was defeated by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and ran again in the 2009 presidential election, losing to Yudhoyono 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.