Muhammad Guruh Irianto Sukarnoputra (born 13 January 1953) is a member of Indonesia's

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and an artist. He is the youngest son of Indonesia's first president,

Sukarno Sukarno). (; born Koesno Sosrodihardjo, ; 6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967. Sukarno was the leader of ...

with his third wife,

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, and the brother to former Indonesian president

Megawati Sukarnoputri Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri (; born 23 January 1947) is an Indonesian politician who served as the fifth president of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004. She previously served as the eighth Vice President of Indonesia, vice president f ...

. Guruh attended elementary and high school in Jakarta.Daniel Dhaidae & H. Witdarmono (2000) p79 He then studied at the

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Faculty at the

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, graduating in 1976. Rather than immediately following in his father's footsteps into politics, he chose a career in the arts, and to date has produced over 100 choreographic works and written popular Indonesian songs. In 1991, he was awarded the ''Chevalier de L'

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'' (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letter) by the French government.Yayasan API (2001) p667 He recorded an album called ''

Guruh Gipsy ''Guruh Gipsy'' is a 1976 Indonesian studio album released by Guruh Sukarnoputra in collaboration with the band Gipsy, consisting of Keenan Nasution, Chrisye, Roni Harahap, and Oding Nasution. Mixing modern instruments with traditional Javanese ...

'' in 1977 with

Chrisye Hajji Chrismansyah Rahadi (; 16 September 1949 – 30 March 2007), born Christian Rahadi (), better known by his stage name Chrisye (), was an Indonesian progressive pop singer and songwriter. In 2011 ''Rolling Stone Indonesia'' declared hi ...

. He entered politics in 1992, becoming a member of the Indonesian legislature, the

, representing the

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(PDI). When the PDI split following a 1996 party congress in

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, he joined the breakaway

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. He was reelected under the banner of the new party in the

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and was again re-elected in 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019. He currently represents the

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.Daniel Dhaidae (Ed) (2005) p166 He has continued to produce artistic performances, such as the opening ceremony of the 2000 Indonesian National Games in

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Personal life

In 2002, at age 49, Guruh married for the first time, amid media speculation he was seeking higher political office, possibly even the presidency. His wife was an Uzbek-born

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dancer, Guseynova Sabina Padmavati, 26 years his junior. They were married on 20 September 2002 in

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, and a wedding ceremony was later held over 19–20 October 2002 in Sriwidjaya Raya, Jakarta. The marriage ended in divorce and Sabina reportedly returned to Uzbekistan.

References

* Daniel Dhaidae (Ed) (2005)''Wajah DPR dan DPD 2004-2009'' (''Faces of the DPR and DPD 2004-2009'') Harian Kompas, Jakarta, (Indonesian) * Daniel Dhaidae & H. Witdarmono (Eds) (2000)''Wajah Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Republic Indonesia Pemilihan Umum 1999'' (''Faces of the Republic of Indonesia People's Representative Council 1999 General Election'') Harian Kompas, Jakarta, (Indonesian) * Yayasan API (2001), ''Panduan Parlelem Indonesia'' (''Indonesian Parliamentary Guide''), Jakarta, (Indonesian)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sukarnoputra, Guruh People from Jakarta Indonesian songwriters Sukarno Guruh Indonesian socialites 1953 births Living people Members of the People's Representative Council, 1992 Members of the People's Representative Council, 1999 Members of the People's Representative Council, 2004 Members of the People's Representative Council, 2009 Members of the People's Representative Council, 2014 Members of the People's Representative Council, 2019 Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle politicians Children of national leaders