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Indonesia: Fatmawati Soekarno / Sukarno (1923 – 1980), the third wife of Sukarno, the first president of Indonesia, and the mother of Indonesia's first female president, Megawati Sukarnoputri, August 1945

Indonesia: Fatmawati Soekarno / Sukarno (1923 – 1980), the third wife of Sukarno, the first president of Indonesia, and the mother of Indonesia's first female president, Megawati Sukarnoputri, August 1945

Fatmawati (5 February 1923 – 14 May 1980) is a National Hero of Indonesia (Indonesian: Pahlawan Nasional Indonesia). As the first Indonesian First Lady, she was the third wife of Sukarno, the first president of Indonesia, and the mother of Indonesia's first female president, Megawati Sukarnoputri.

She designed and sewed the first flag flown by independent Indonesia.