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Megawati Soekarnoputri

b. 1947

5th President of Indonesia (2001—2004) and 8th Vice President of Indonesia (1999—2001)

Born
23 Jan 1947 · Yogyakarta
Part ofIndonesia1578 – todayIslam557 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 91 years
  1. 23 Jan 1947BornBorn in Yogyakarta
  2. 1999 – 2001RoleVice President of Indonesia
  3. 2001AwardBintang Mahaputera Adipurna
  4. 2001AwardStar of the Republic of Indonesia, 2nd class
  5. 2001 – 2004RolePresident of Indonesia
  6. 2001AwardBintang Jasa Utama
  7. 2001AwardBintang Swa Bhuwana Paksa Utama
  8. 2001AwardBintang Yudha Dharma
  9. 2001AwardCultural Merit Star
  10. 2001AwardStar of Jalasena
  11. 2001AwardStar of the Kartika Eka Pakçi
  12. 2001AwardStar of the Republic of Indonesia, First class
  13. 2002AwardOrder of the National Flag, 1st class
  14. 2018AwardHonorary doctor of the Fujian Normal University
  15. 2021AwardAsia's Most Influential Indonesia

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1947 – today).

  1. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  3. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  4. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  6. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  7. 1956Suez Crisis
  8. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  10. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  12. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  13. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  14. 1968Prague Spring
  15. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  16. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  17. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  18. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  20. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  21. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  22. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  23. 1985Schengen Agreement
  24. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  25. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  26. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  28. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  30. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  31. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  32. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  33. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  34. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  35. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  36. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  37. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  38. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  39. 20112011 Norway attacks
  40. 2011Libyan civil war

Biography

Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri (Indonesian: [meɡawati sukarnɔputri] ; 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. She is Indonesia's first and only female president to date, and also the first president born in Indonesia after its independence.

Megawati Sukarnoputri became president in 2001 when Abdurrahman Wahid was impeached and removed from office. She ran for re-election in the 2004 presidential election, but was defeated by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. She ran again against Yudhoyono in the 2009 presidential election, and was defeated a second time. She is the first and current 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.

Text from the Wikipedia article Megawati Sukarnoputri, CC BY-SA 4.0

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