Puan Maharani | |
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 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| 19th Speaker of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Bambang Soesatyo |
| 16th Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs | |
| In office 27 October 2014 – 1 October 2019 | |
| President | Joko Widodo |
| Preceded by | Agung Laksono |
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| Member of House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2019 | |
| Constituency | Central Java V |
| Majority | 404,304 (2019) 297,366 (2024) |
| In office 2 October 2009 – 26 October 2014 | |
| Constituency | Central Java V |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Puan Maharani Nakshatra Kusyala Devi 6 September 1973 Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Political party | PDI-P |
| Spouse | Hapsoro Sukmonohadi |
| Children | 2 children |
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| Relatives | Sukarno (grandfather) |
| Alma mater | University of Indonesia |
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Puan Maharani Nakshatra Kusyala Devi (born 6 September 1973) is an Indonesian politician from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), who is serving as the current speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR), Indonesia's lower house since 2019. She is the first female and the third-youngest person to take the office permanently, being aged 46, when she took the oath of office. She previously served as the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs between 2014 and 2019, becoming the first female and the youngest coordinating minister, being only 41 when she took office.
Puan is the youngest child and the only daughter of former president and current PDI-P leader Megawati Sukarnoputri, and a granddaughter of Indonesia's first president Sukarno. Her father, Taufiq Kiemas, was a politician who served as the speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly from 2009 until his death in 2013.
A member of the PDI-P, she was first elected to the People's Representative Council in 2009. She served as head of the party's faction from 2012 until her selection as minister in 2014 following the ascent of President Joko Widodo from PDI-P. She was one of eight women selected as ministers. She was re-elected to the People's Representative Council in the 2019 election.