Puan Maharani

Puan Maharani
Official portrait, 2024
19th Speaker of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
1 October 2019
Preceded byBambang Soesatyo
17th Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs
In office
27 October 2014 – 1 October 2019
PresidentJoko Widodo
Preceded byAgung Laksono
Succeeded by
Member of the House of Representatives
Assumed office
1 October 2019
ConstituencyCentral Java V
Majority
In office
2 October 2009 – 26 October 2014
ConstituencyCentral Java V
Majority
Personal details
Born (1973-09-06) 6 September 1973
Jakarta, Indonesia
PartyPDI-P
Spouse
Hapsoro Sukmonohadi
(m. 1998)
Children2
Parents
RelativesSukarno (grandfather)
Alma materUniversity 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.