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Megawati Sukarnoputri was 19 when her father relinquished power in 1966 and was succeeded by a government which eventually came to be led by President Suharto. Education. Megawati Sukarnoputri attended Padjadjaran University in Bandung to study agriculture but dropped out in 1967 to be with her father following his fall.
May 27, 2024 · The daughter of Sukarno, the first president of Indonesia, Megawati studied psychology and agriculture in college but did not take a degree. In 1987 she entered politics and was elected to the People’s Consultative Assembly (national parliament), becoming head of the Indonesian Democratic Party (Partai Demokrasi Indonesia; PDI) in 1993.
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Megawati Sukarnoputri, in full Dyah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri, (born January 23, 1947, Jakarta, Indonesia), Indonesian politician who was the fifth president of Indonesia (2001–04) and the first woman to hold the post.
Jul 24, 2001 · Mrs. Megawati, 54, was elected today by Indonesia's Parliament to succeed Abdurrahman Wahid, whom she served as vice president for 21 months and whose offhand insults about the quality of her...
Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Soekarnoputri (January 23, 1947 - ), was President of Indonesia from July 2001 to October 20, 2004. She was the country's first female President, the first Muslim female head of a modern national state and the first Indonesian leader born after independence.
May 23, 2018 · Megawati Sukarnoputri (born 1947) became vice president of Indonesia, the world's fourth-most-populous nation. This occurred in 1999, after a tumultuous time in her country's political affairs. In 1998, Indonesians rioted and looted as they demanded new leadership.
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Megawati Sukarnoputri’s father, Sukarno, led Indonesia to independence from Dutch colonial rule after World War II and became the country’s first president.
