Rachmawati Sukarnoputri
Rachmawati in 2020
Member of Presidential Advisory Council
In office
10 April 2007 – 20 October 2009
PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono
ChairmanAli Alatas
Succeeded byRyaas Rasyid
Personal details
Born
Diah Permana Rachmawati Sukarno

(1949-09-27)27 September 1949
Jakarta, Indonesia
Died3 July 2021(2021-07-03) (aged 71)
Jakarta, Indonesia
Political partyPioneers' Party (2002–12)
Nasdem Party (2012–14)
Gerindra Party (2015–2021)
SpouseMartomo Pariatman (divorced)
Dicky Suprapto (divorced)
Benny Sumarno
ChildrenHendra Rahtomo
M. Marhaendra Putra
M. Mahardhika Putra
Parent(s)Sukarno
Fatmawati

Diah Permana Rachmawati Sukarnoputri (27 September 1949 – 3 July 2021) was an Indonesian politician. Her father was Indonesia's founding president Sukarno and her elder sister is Megawati Sukarnoputri, who was Indonesia's fifth president.

Early life and education

Rachmawati and Sukarno in 1952.

Rachmawati was born in Jakarta on 27 September 1949 to President Sukarno and his third wife Fatmawati and was the third child of this marriage. When she was arounf three to four years old, her mother left Sukarno in protest of his plans to take multiple wives. She was largely raised by a foster mother from Surakarta. She initially studied at Cikini, and completed her secondary education at St. Ursula Catholic School.[1] She had intended to become a doctor but when she enrolled at the University of Indonesia in 1969 she opted to study law, and did not complete her degree.[2][1]

Career

Rachmawati founded Universitas Bung Karno in 1983, as a follow-up to an initiative by the Sukarno Education Foundation she had founded in 1981.[3] After the fall of Suharto, Rachmawati directly entered politics, and was a supporter of Abdurrahman Wahid against her sister Megawati Sukarnoputri during Wahid's impeachment.[4] She founded the Pioneers' Party in 2002,[2] and the party contested the 2004 Indonesian legislative election, winning just 1 percent of votes and gaining three seats in the People's Representative Council. It did not win any seats in the 2009 Indonesian legislative election with just 0.3 percent of votes.[5] During this time, Rachmawati served on the Presidential Advisory Council between 2007 and 2009.[6]

She joined the Nasdem Party in 2012[7] and led its advisory board between 2013[8] and 2014, when she was removed due to her endorsement of Prabowo Subianto in the 2014 Indonesian presidential election.[9]

After she left Nasdem, she joined the Great Indonesia Movement Party, and was made the party's deputy chairman.[10] Rachmawati became a noted and aggressive critic of Joko Widodo's government.[4] She was arrested on 2 December 2016 for alleged treason, being accused of "intending to incite people to overthrow the legitimate government" during the December 2016 Jakarta protests.[11] She was released a day later.[12]

Family

Rachmawati Sukarnoputri was married three times, and twice divorced. She married her first husband, Martomo Pariaman Marzuki, her senior at Cikini, in 1969; they later divorced. Rachmawati then married Dicky Suprapto. After her second divorce, she married Benny Sumarno.[13] Benny, who was also the father of actor Anjasmara, died in 2018.[14] At the time of her death, she had three children.[15] One of her children, Mahardika Suprapto, was elected to the People's Representative Council as a Nasdem Party member in 2014.[4]

Death

Rachmawati died on 3 July 2021 at Jakarta's Gatot Soebroto Army Hospital, where she had been receiving treatment for COVID-19.[16][15] She was buried following COVID-19 protocols at Karet Bivak Cemetery.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b "Keluarga Presiden" (in Indonesian). Indonesian Presidential Library.
  2. ^ a b Rachmawati Soekarnoputri, Merdeka.com, retrieved 28 November 2013
  3. ^ "About YPS" (in Indonesian). Bung Karno University. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Widhana, Dieqy Hasbi. "Rachmawati vs Megawati". tirto.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  5. ^ Lansford, Tom (31 March 2017). Political Handbook of the World 2016-2017. CQ Press. ISBN 978-1-5063-2715-0.
  6. ^ "DEWAN PERTIMBANGAN PRESIDEN" (in Indonesian). Presidential Advisory Council. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Rachmawati Soekarnoputri Resmi Gabung Partai NasDem". detiknews (in Indonesian). 16 September 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Rachmawati Gantikan Posisi Endriartono di Nasdem". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). 21 August 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  9. ^ Sholahuddin Al Ayyubi (5 August 2014). "Partai NasDem Copot Rachmawati Soekarnoputri". Kabar24, Bisnis.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Sejarah 'Koalisi' Prabowo Subianto-Rachmawati Soekarnoputri". detiknews (in Indonesian). 8 April 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  11. ^ Cochrane, Joe (2 December 2016). "Indonesian Police Arrest 11 for Suspected Treason". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  12. ^ Wijaya, Callistasia Anggun (5 December 2016). "Rachmawati to be interrogated once healthy: Police". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  13. ^ Wirayudha, Randy (8 November 2017). "Sukarno Menikahkan dalam Status Tahanan". Historia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Kenangan Anjasmara pada sosok ayahanda Benny Sumarno". Merdeka (in Indonesian). 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  15. ^ a b "Gerindra politican [sic] and Sukarno's daughter Rachmawati dies at 70". The Jakarta Post. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  16. ^ "Meninggal Dunia, Rachmawati Soekarnoputri Positif COVID-19". detikcom. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Tiba di TPU Karet Bivak, Jenazah Rachmawati Dimakamkan 4 Orang Ber-APD". detiknews (in Indonesian). 3 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
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