Puan Maharani
Puan Maharani | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| 19th Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Bambang Soesatyo |
| 17th Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs | |
| In office 27 October 2014 – 1 October 2019 | |
| President | Joko Widodo |
| Preceded by | Agung Laksono |
| Succeeded by |
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| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2019 | |
| Constituency | Central Java V |
| Majority | |
| In office 2 October 2009 – 26 October 2014 | |
| Constituency | Central Java V |
| Majority | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 September 1973 Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Party | PDI-P |
| Spouse |
Hapsoro Sukmonohadi (m. 1998) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Sukarno (grandfather) |
| Alma mater | University of Indonesia |
Puan Maharani Nakshatra Kusyala Devi (born 6 September 1973) is an Indonesian politician serving as the speaker of the House of Representatives since 2019. She is the first woman to serve in the position. A member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), she is also a member of the House of Representatives from the electoral district of Central Java V, first serving from 2009 to 2014 and again since 2019. She previously served as coordinating minister for human development and cultural affairs in the Working Cabinet of President Joko Widodo from 2014 to 2019.
Puan is the youngest child, and the only daughter, of former president and current PDI-P leader Megawati Sukarnoputri and politician Taufiq Kiemas, who served as speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly. She is the granddaughter of Indonesia's first president Sukarno.