Taufiq Kiemas

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Muhammad Taufiq Kiemas (31 December 1942 – 8 June 2013) was the Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly of Indonesia from 2009 until his death in 2013.[1] Taufiq (sometimes spelt Taufik) was the husband of Megawati Sukarnoputri, President of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004.

Kiemas died on 8 June 2013 in Singapore General Hospital, Singapore after a heart attack, aged 70.[2]

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  1. Australian Associated Press (9 June 2013). "Ex-Indonesian president Megawati Sukarnoputri's husband Taufiq Kiemas dies". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 25 August 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  2. 'Body of Megawati's husband leaves embassy for Indonesia', The Straits Times, 9 June 2013.