Megawati Sukarnoputri

Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri (born January 23, 1947), was President of Indonesia from July 2001 to October 20, 2004. She was defeated for re-election in the 2004 Indonesian presidential election on September 20.

Related Topics:
January 23 - 1947 - President of Indonesia - July 2001 - October 20 - 2004 - 2004 Indonesian presidential election - September 20

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Some Indonesian sources spell her name Soekarnoputri. Note that Sukarnoputri means "daughter of Sukarno" and it is not the President's surname: Javanese do not have surnames. She should simply be referred to as Megawati or Mega.

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Her name is derived from Sanskrit meghavat? = "she who has a cloud", i.e. a raincloud, as rain is needed to make food crops grow, and it was raining when she was born.

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