Early life and education
Sukarno was born Puti Pramathana Puspa Seruni Paundrianagari Guntur Sukarno Putri on 26 June 1971 in Jakarta, Indonesia, as the only child and daughter of Guntur Sukarnoputra (born 1944), the son of Indonesian first President Sukarno, and Henny Emilia Hendayani. [1] [2] [3] [4] She was raised in a notable family environment in Jakarta, and even though is the granddaughter of the president, she was taught to live independently and simple. [1] Sukarno was a book lover in which she has to saving from her pocket money to buy a book. [1] She spent her childhood with her grandmother Fatmawati who teaches her to read Quran and reminded her to always doing salah. [1] When at middle school, Sukarno was active in participating in arts and cultural activities including dance performances. [1] [4] She also participated in accompanying the choir at SMA 1 Budi Utomo Jakarta by playing the piano and also liked painting. [1] [4] Sukarno graduated from Faculty of Political Sciences at University of Indonesia majoring in public administration. [1] [3] [4]
Political career
Sukarno started her career by joined Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) which was chaired by her aunt and the 5th President of Indonesia from 1999 until 2001 Megawati Sukarnoputri. [1] During the 2009 Indonesian presidential election, at the age of 38, Sukarno ran for a member of the House of Representatives for the electoral district of West Java X; Ciamis, Kuningan, and Banjar City. [1] [3] [4] She passed and sat on Commission X of the House of Representatives which oversees education and culture, as well as youth and sports, tourism, creative economy and libraries. [1] [3] [4] During the 2014 Indonesian presidential election, Sukarno was reelected again as a member of the House of Representatives. [1] [3] [4] Apart from politics, she also active in social activity. [4] Sukarno served as a vice chairman of Fatmawati Foundation and as a chairman of Wildan Foundation. [3] [4]
In 2017, ahead of the simultaneous regional elections, Sukarno is predicted to run in the West Java gubernatorial election. [1] However, she was chosen by Megawati to run for a candidate for Deputy Governor of East Java accompanying the candidate for Saifullah Yusuf aka Gus Ipul. [1] [3] [4] Sukarno name emerged at the last minute, because Azwar Anas, Gus Ipul's running mate, previously returned his mandate as a candidate for Deputy Governor of East Java to the PDI-P. [1]
On 6 June 2021, Sukarno relaunched her father's book titled Bung Karno, Bapakku, Kawanku, Guruku (1977) at his residence for the third time after its first release during New Order in which she talked about the interesting part about the book. [2] The relaunch of the book was attended by several guests, such as Try Sutrisno, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Ahmad Basarah, and Krisdayanti. [2]
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