Rachmawati Sukarnoputri

Diah Permana Rachmawati Sukarnoputri (27 September 1950 – 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 was born in Jakarta on 27 September 1950 to President Sukarno and his third wife Fatmawati. She was the third child of this marriage. When she was three 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. 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. Career Rachmawati founded the in 1983, as a follow-up to an initiative by the Sukarno Education Foundation she had founded in 1981. 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. She founded the Pioneers' Party in 2002, 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. During this time, Rachmawati served on the Presidential Advisory Council between 2007 and 2009.