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Megawati Sukarnaputri


    
Enormous popular support following persecution by the Suharto regime saw the leader of the Indonesia Party of Struggle (PDI-P) touted as Indonesia's first female president.
Despite her party gaining a third of the seats in the 1999 elections, the eldest daughter of Indonesia's revered first President Sukarno, had to accept the Vice Presidency after an alliance of Muslim parties opposed to a woman getting Indonesia's top job nominated Abdurrahman Wahid for the position.
Despite criticisms of both her ability to control factions within her party, and the strong influence of her husband Taufig Kiemas, Megawati is the only option for president if Wahid is impeached.
She has increasingly distanced herself from her former political ally and refused to negotiate any compromise deals with Wahid's camp.