Titiek Suharto

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Titiek Suharto
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Official portrait, 2013
Member of House of Representatives
In office
1 October 2014 –11 June 2018
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(m. 1983;div. 1998)​
Children Didit Hediprasetyo
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Alma mater University of Indonesia
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Siti Hediati Hariyadi (born 14 April 1959), popularly known as Titiek Suharto, is the second daughter of Suharto, the second president of Indonesia. [1] She has led the Indonesian Art Foundation and was a TV commentator for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, as well as a judge on Puteri Indonesia (Miss Indonesia) 2014. [2]

Initially a member of Golkar, she was elected to the People's Representative Council in the 2014 Indonesian legislative election. She was re-elected to the People's Representative Council in the 2024 election as a member of Gerindra. [3]

Life

Titiek was born in Semarang, Central Java in 1959. She was the fourth child of Suharto and Siti Hartinah. Titiek studied at SMA Negeri 3 Jakarta from 1974–1977, and graduated from University of Indonesia in 1985 with a Bachelor of Economics.

In May 1983, Titiek married Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo, an Army officer. She and Prabowo had one son, Didit Hediprasetyo, who was schooled in Boston and became a fashion [4] and car interior designer. [5]

When Suharto resigned in 1998, his family was alleged to control over 500 companies and have assets exceeding $1 billion. [6] An investigation by TIME Asia noted there was no evidence the money had been obtained illegally. [6] [7] [8]

Titiek and Prabowo divorced in 1998 after Soeharto resigned following widespread anti-government protests and mass riots. [9] Sixteen years after their divorce, Titiek supported Prabowo at rallies for his presidential campaign in 2014, but she dismissed speculation they would remarry. [10]

Titiek has led the Indonesian Art Foundation and she was a TV commentator for the 2006 World Cup. There was some discussion as to why she was chosen as a commentator. The TV company said that this was because they were introducing a wider variety of presenters. [11]

From 2014-2018, she was elected as a member of Indonesia's House of Representatives through Golkar, the political party that her father created. Titiek has backed her brother Tommy Suharto to lead the party. [12] On 5 December 2017, Titiek said she herself was ready to stand for the leadership of Golkar because the party’s popularity had slumped. [13] In June 2018, Titiek resigned from Golkar and joined Tommy's Berkarya Party. She complained her voice had never been heard in Golkar. [14]

For the 2024 Indonesian legislative election, Titiek will ran as a legislative candidate under Gerindra, Prabowo's political party. [15] She received the 2nd highest number of votes in her electoral district of Yogyakarta, securing a seat for Gerindra. [16]

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