Megawati Sukarnoputri, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Megawati Sukarnoputri

fifth President of the Republic of Indonesia

Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1947

Place of Birth: Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Profession: politician

Nationality: Indonesia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Megawati Sukarnoputri

  • Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri (Indonesian: [megawati sukarn?putri] (listen); born 23 January 1947) is an Indonesian politician who served as the fifth president of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004.
  • She previously served as the eighth vice president from 1999 to 2001. Megawati is Indonesia's first female president and the sixth woman to lead a Muslim-majority country.
  • She is also the first Indonesian leader to be born after Indonesia proclaimed its independence.
  • After serving as vice president to Abdurrahman Wahid, Megawati became president when Wahid was removed from office in 2001.
  • She ran for re-election in the 2004 presidential election, but was defeated by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
  • She ran again in the 2009 presidential election, but Yudhoyono defeated her for a second time. Sits as the 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.

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