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The Pioneers' Party ( id, Partai Pelopor) was a
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
in
Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
. It was founded in 2002 and was initially led by
Rachmawati Sukarnoputri Diah Permana Rachmawati Sukarno or also known as Rachmawati Sukarnoputri (27 September 1950 – 3 July 2021) was an Indonesian politician. Her father was Indonesia's founding president Sukarno and her elder sister is Megawati Sukarnoputri, who ...
, a daughter 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 ...
, and sister of former Indonesian president
Megawati 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 from 1999 to 2001. Megawati i ...
. It contested the
2009 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2009. * Electoral calendar 2009 * 2009 United Nations Security Council election Caribbean * 2009 Antiguan general election * 2009 Aruban general election * 2009 Caymanian constitutional referendu ...
, but received only 0.3 percent of the vote, well below the threshold of 2.5% of the political votes, and was awarded no seats in the
People's Representative Council The People's Representative Council of the Republic of Indonesia ( id, Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Republik Indonesia, DPR-RI), also known as the House of Representatives, is one of two elected chambers of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), ...
.Bambang Setiawan & Bestian Nainggolan (Eds) (2004) ''Partai-Partai Politik Indonesia: Ideologi dan Program 2004-2009 (Indonesian Political Parties: Ideologies and Programs 2004-2009'' Kompas pp. 447-448 Following its poor result in the 2009 vote, the party joined nine other smaller parties to form the National Unity Party ( id, Partai Persatuan Nasional).


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Defunct political parties in Indonesia Political parties established in 2002 2002 establishments in Indonesia Political parties disestablished in 2009 2009 disestablishments in Indonesia {{indonesia-party-stub