Iriana (also called Iriana Jokowi, born 1 October 1963) is the

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since 20 October 2014 and the wife of the current

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Early career

Iriana graduated from State High School No. 3, Solo in 1983. She then studied at

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for six semesters, but left without a degree to marry Joko Widodo. While her husband served as

governor of Jakarta The Jakarta Special Capital Region is administratively equal to a province with special status as the capital of Indonesia. Instead of a mayor, the executive head of Jakarta is a governor. The governor of Jakarta is an elected politician who, alon ...

, Iriana was appointed as leader of the Family Welfare Education organisation (''Pembinaan Kesejahteraan Keluarga'' or PKK), a national women's movement in Indonesia. She also served as leader of the PKK in

Surakarta Surakarta ( jv, ꦯꦸꦫꦏꦂꦠ), known colloquially as Solo ( jv, ꦱꦭ; ), is a city in Central Java, Indonesia. The 44 km2 (16.2 sq mi) city adjoins Karanganyar Regency and Boyolali Regency to the north, Karanganyar Regency and Sukoh ...

from 2005 to 2012 when her husband was mayor of Surakarta.

Family

Iriana married

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, on 24 December 1986. They have two sons:

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(born 1 October 1987) and

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(born 25 December 1994) and one daughter named Kahiyang Ayu (born 30 April 1992).

References

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