Taufiq Kiemas

Taufiq Kiemas
Official portrait, c. 1999
12th Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly
In office
3 October 2009 – 8 June 2013
Preceded byHidayat Nur Wahid
Succeeded bySidarto Danusubroto
5th First Gentleman of Indonesia
In role
23 July 2001 – 20 October 2004
PresidentMegawati Sukarnoputri
Preceded bySinta Nuriyah (as First Lady)
Succeeded byAni Yudhoyono (as First Lady)
8th Second Gentleman of Indonesia
In role
21 October 1999 – 23 July 2001
Vice PresidentMegawati Sukarnoputri
Preceded byHasri Ainun Habibie (as Second Lady)
Succeeded byAsmaniah Haz (as Second Lady)
Personal details
Born
Muhammad Taufiq Kiemas

(1942-12-31)31 December 1942
Bandar Lampung, Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies
Died8 June 2013(2013-06-08) (aged 70)
Bukit Merah, Singapore
Resting placeKalibata Heroes' Cemetery
Political partyPDI-P
Other political
affiliations
PDI (until 1999)
Spouse
(m. 1973)
ChildrenPuan Maharani
Parents
  • Tjik Agus Kiemas (father)
  • Hamzathoen Roesyda (mother)
Relatives
Alma materSriwijaya University
Occupation
  • Politician
  • legislator
AwardsStar of the Republic of Indonesia Adipradana

Muhammad Taufiq Kiemas (31 December 1942 – 8 June 2013) was an Indonesian politician who served as the Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly of Indonesia from 2009 until his death in 2013.[1] A member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), he was the husband of party chairwoman Megawati Sukarnoputri, president of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004. He remains Indonesia's only first gentleman.

  1. ^ Australian Associated Press (9 June 2013). "Ex-Indonesian president Megawati Sukarnoputri's husband Taufiq Kiemas dies". Herald Sun. Retrieved 8 June 2013.