Megawati soekarnoputri biography indonesia news

President of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004

In this Indonesian name, there is no family name. The name Sukarnoputri is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Megawati.

Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri (Indonesian:[meɡawatisukarnɔputri]^ⓘ; 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.

Megawati Sukarnoputri is Indonesia's first and to date only female president^[4] and the fifth woman to lead a Muslim-majority country. She is also the first Indonesian president and as of 2023 the only vice president to be born after Indonesia proclaimed its independence in 1945.

After serving as vice president to Abdurrahman Wahid, Megawati Sukarnoputri became president when Wahid was removed from office in 2001. She ran for re-election in the 2004 presidential