Puan Maharani

Puan Maharani
16th Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs
Assumed office
27 October 2014
President Joko Widodo
Vice President Jusuf Kalla
Preceded by Agung Laksono
Member of People's Representative Council
In office
2 October 2009 – 26 October 2014
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Joko Widodo
Succeeded by Alfia Reziani
Constituency Central Java 5
Personal details
Born (1973-09-06) September 6, 1973
Jakarta, Indonesia
Nationality Indonesian
Political party PDI-P
Parents Taufiq Kiemas
Megawati Soekarnoputri
Alma mater University of Indonesia

Puan Maharani (born September 6, 1973) is an Indonesian politician serving as the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs in Joko Widodo's Working Cabinet since 2014. She is a member of PDI-P, the largest party in the Indonesian parliament and the party of the president.

A member of the People's Representative Council since her election in 2009, she served as head of her party's faction from 2012 until being appointed to cabinet in 2014. She was one of eight women appointed as ministers and the only coordinating minister to be female.

She is the youngest child and the only daughter of former president and current PDI-P leader Megawati Soekarnoputri, and a granddaughter of Indonesia's founding president Sukarno. Her father, Taufiq Kiemas, served as the Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly from 2009 until his death in 2013.

Family and personal life

Early life

In 1970, Megawati's first husband Surindro Supjarso - with whom she had two sons - died when his Short SC.7 Skyvan crashed near Biak.[1] After a brief marriage to an Egyptian diplomat, Megawati married Taufiq Kiemas and Maharani was born in 1973.[2] After founding president Sukarno was overthrown by Suharto following the 30 September Movement of 1965, Kiemas spent several years in jail as a political prisoner, limiting the family's economic and social interactions.[3]

Education

Her first 12 years of schooling was completed in Cikini, and she entered the University of Indonesia in 1991 to study mass communication. She graduated in 1997.[4]

Family

Puan is married to businessman Hapsoro 'Happy' Sukmonohadi and they have two children.[5]

Career

After the fall of Suharto in 1998, Puan became involved in politics as her mother was one of the main players in the national political scene. During the three-year Megawati presidency, she would often accompany her mother on domestic and foreign official visits, in addition to conducting social events by herself.[6]

In 2008, Megawati introduced Puan, then head of PDI-P's public and women's empowerment wing, as her successor during campaigning for the East Java 2008 gubernatorial elections in Ngawi.[7] Following that, Maharani ran in the 2009 elections in Central Java's election district 5 (covering Surakarta, Sukoharjo, Klaten and Boyolali) and won 242,504 votes - the second highest of all parliamentary candidates in the nation.[8] During her first term, she acted as head of the PDI-P faction since 2012, replacing Tjahjo Kumolo (who later became Minister of Home Affairs).[9] She was assigned to the DPR's 6th commission, covering investment and SMEs.[8] During this period, she argued against a fuel price hike policy in 2013.[10]

Later, she was briefly put up as a possible PDI-P presidential candidate for the 2014 elections and as a possible vice presidential candidate to Joko Widodo (popularly known as Jokowi). In the legislative elections, she won 326,927 votes, once more scoring the second-most votes nationwide.[8][11] Following Jokowi's election victory over Prabowo Subianto, she was appointed a cabinet minister amid criticism over her inexperience and her mother's political influence.[8] Her replacement in parliament, Alfia Reziani, was only sworn in by 2016.[12] She claimed success during her tenure, pointing at the rising HDI in addition to lower poverty and Gini ratio statistics.[13]

Corruption allegation

On 22 March 2018, former House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto, while on trial for corruption, testified Puan received a bribe of $500,000 from businessman Made Oka in connection with an electronic identity card program when she was a legislator.[14] Puan admitted to knowing Made Oka but denied discussing the e-ID case with him.[15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mega Ditinggal Suami" (in Indonesian). Tempo. 6 March 1971. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Lamb, David (23 October 1999). "Megawati Rises Above Stormy Clouds of Suharto Era". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Mengintip Kisah Cinta Taufiq Kiemas dan Megawati Soekarnoputri". Detik (in Indonesian). 7 January 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Sosok Puan Maharani, Salah Satu Menteri Koordinator di Kabinet Jokowi". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). 26 October 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Profil Puan Maharani" (in Indonesian). VIVA.co.id. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Puan Maharani" (in Indonesian). Merdeka. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Megawati Perkenalkan Penerusnya Puan Maharani". ANTARA (in Indonesian). 16 July 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Puan Maharani, Calon Menko Pembangunan Manusia". Tempo (in Indonesian). 22 October 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Puan Gantikan Tjahjo sebagai Ketua Fraksi PDIP". Tempo (in Indonesian). 23 January 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Tolak Kenaikan BBM, Puan: Program Balsem Tak Jelas". detik.com (in Indonesian). 17 June 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  11. ↑ "Puan still eyes VP position". The Jakarta Post. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  12. ↑ Ihsanuddin (17 March 2016). "Alfia Reziani Resmi Dilantik Jadi Anggota DPR Gantikan Puan Maharani". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  13. ↑ "Govt announces progress in human development, cultural affairs". The Jakarta Post. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  14. ↑ Kharishar, Khafi (22 March 2018). "Setya testifies that Puan, Pramono received e-ID graft money". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  15. ↑ "Puan denies Setya's claim she received e-ID money". The Jakarta Post. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
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