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Maharani Wisma Susana Siregar | |
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| Born | 5 June 1925 Liverpool, England |
| Citizenship | Netherlands Indonesia |
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| Children | 5 |
Maharani Wisma Susana Siregar (born 5 June 1925) was the fifth wife of Sukarno, the first President of Indonesia, from 1958 until 1962.
Siregar was born on 5 June 1925 in Liverpool, England, the daughter of Nuriah Sabiah Nasution and Hasan Basari Siregar, a civil servant. [1] She took ballet and voice, and studied in the Soviet Union. [1]
Siregar was introduced to President Sukarno, a friend of her father's as a child. [1] Her parents rejected his marriage proposal because they did not want her to be in a polygamous marriage. [1] Siregar later married Firdaus Harahap, an East Nusa Tenggara police chief, and they had three daughters: Roswita, Linda, and Mona. [1] Sukarno later moved his family to Jakarta and sent Hoegeng Iman Santoso, Sutan Sjahrir, and Hamengkubuwono IX to persuade Harahap to divorce Siregar. [1] Sukarno was 23 years her senior, and already had a daughter, Siti Aisyah Margaret Rose, who became a banker. [1] They spent their time jogging at Bogor Palace and ate sunny side eggs cooked by her. [2] When Sukarno married Naoko Nemoto in 1962, Siregar divorced him. [1] She later remarried Harahap and gave birth to another daughter, Meli. [1]
In opposition to Dutch colonialism, she tore up the Dutch flag and replaced it with an Indonesian flag, which earned her an award. [1] After that she maintained a low profile life. [1]
In an interview in 2010, Siregar stated that she felt sad seeing the poor condition of the Indonesian people, which motivated her to adopt a simple life. [2] She gave Sukarno's inheritance to her own children and orphan children, and wished to be buried next to him when she died. [2]
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