Background
He is the youngest son of Indonesia"s first president, Sukarno with his third wife, Fatmawati., and a full brother to the former Indonesian President, Megawati.
He is the youngest son of Indonesia"s first president, Sukarno with his third wife, Fatmawati., and a full brother to the former Indonesian President, Megawati.
Guruh attended elementary and high school in Jakarta. He then studied at the Archeology Faculty at the University of Amsterdam, graduating in 1976.
He recorded an album called Guruh Gipsy in 1977 with Chrisye. He was reelected under the banner of the new party in the 1999 Indonesian legislative election and was again re-elected in 2004. He currently represents the regency of Blitar, East Java.
He has continued to apply his arts by producing artistic performances, such as the opening ceremony of the 2000 Indonesian National Games in Surabaya.
He entered politics in 1992, becoming a member of the Indonesian legislature, the People"s Representative Council, representing the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI). When the PDI split following the 1996 party congress in Medan, he joined the breakaway Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle.
Muhammad Guruh Irianto Sukarnoputra (born 13 January 1953) is a member of Indonesia"s People"s Representative Council and an artist.