  in this indonesian name, the name "sukarnoputri" is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by her given name "megawati". megawati sukarnoputri (in traditional indonesian spelling, her name is written as dyah permata megawati setyawati soekarnoputri. born 23 january 1947), generally known as megawati, is an indonesian politician and leader of one of the largest political parties in indonesia, the pdi-p. she is the daughter of indonesia's first president, sukarno. her full name is diah permata megawati setiawati sukarnoputri. she served as the president of indonesia from 23 july 2001 to 20 october 2004. she has been indonesia's only female president and the fourth woman to lead a predominantly muslim nation. she is also the first indonesian leader to be born after indonesia proclaimed independence. after serving as vice-president to abdurrahman wahid, megawati became president when wahid was removed from office in 2001. she ran for re-election in the 2004 presidential election, but was defeated by susilo bambang yudhoyono. she sought a rematch in the 2009 presidential election, losing again to yudhoyono. ==early life==  megawati was born in yogyakarta to sukarno, who had declared indonesia's independence from the netherlands in 1945 and [[
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