Guruh Sukarnoputra

In this Indonesian name, there is no family name. The name Sukarnoputra is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Guruh.
Guruh Sukarnoputra
Born
Muhammad Guruh Irianto Sukarnoputra

(1953-01-13) 13 January 1953 (age 71)
Jakarta, Indonesia
Occupation(s)Musician, Actor, Politician
Political partyPDI Perjuangan
Spouse
Guseynova Sabina Padmavati
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(m. 2002; div. 2014)​
Parent(s)Soekarno (father)
Fatmawati (mother)
RelativesMegawati Sukarnoputri (sister)
Musical career
Genres

Mohammad Guruh Irianto Sukarnoputra (born 13 January 1953)[1] was a member of Indonesia's People's Representative Council and an artist. He is the youngest son of Indonesia's first president, Sukarno with his third wife, Fatmawati,[2][3] and a brother of former Indonesian president Megawati Sukarnoputri. He served as member of People's Representative Council of for 30 years and makes him one of the longest-serving members of the Parliament of Indonesia

Guruh attended elementary and high school in Jakarta.[4] He then studied at the Archaeology Faculty at the University of Amsterdam, graduating in 1976. Rather than immediately following in his father's footsteps into politics, he chose a career in the arts, and to date has produced over 100 choreographic works and written popular Indonesian songs. In 1991, he was awarded the Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letter) by the French government.[5]

He recorded an album called Guruh Gipsy in 1977 with Chrisye.

He entered politics in 1992, becoming a member of the Indonesian legislature, the People's Representative Council, representing the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI). When the PDI split following a 1996 party congress in Medan, he joined the breakaway Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle. He was reelected under the banner of the new party in the 1999 Indonesian legislative election and was again re-elected in 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019.[6] He currently represents the regency of Blitar, East Java.[4][7]

He has continued to produce artistic performances, such as the opening ceremony of the 2000 Indonesian National Games in Surabaya.[4]

  1. ^ "Guruh persembahkan pagelaran seni "Beta Cinta Indonesia". Antara (news agency) (in Indonesian). 21 October 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Sinar Harapan - Guruh Soekarnoputra". Archived from the original on 2008-10-21. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
  3. ^ Google Translate: Sinar Harapan - Guruh Soekarnoputra:
  4. ^ a b c Daniel Dhaidae & H. Witdarmono (2000) p79
  5. ^ Yayasan API (2001) p667
  6. ^ "M. GURUH IRIANTO SUKARNO PUTRA". DEWAN PERWAKILAN RAKYAT REPUBLIK INDONESIA. Sekretariat Jenderal DPR RI. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  7. ^ Daniel Dhaidae (Ed) (2005) p166