Puan Maharani Nakshatra Kusyala Devi (born 6 September 1973) is an Indonesian politician serving as the speaker of the House of Representatives since 2019. She is the first woman to serve in the position. A member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), she is also a member of the House of Representatives from the electoral district of Central Java V, first serving from 2009 to 2014 and again since 2019. She previously served as coordinating minister for human development and cultural affairs in the Working Cabinet of President Joko Widodo from 2014 to 2019.
Puan is the youngest child, and the only daughter, of former president and current PDI-P leader Megawati Sukarnoputri and politician Taufiq Kiemas, who served as speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly. She is the granddaughter of Indonesia's first president Sukarno.



