Sisi lain suharto biography

First Lady of Indonesia from until

Raden AyuSiti Hartinah (23 August – 28 April ), also known as Siti Hartinah Soeharto or Tien Soeharto,^[a] was the first lady of Indonesia from until She was the wife of Indonesian president, Suharto.

Known as Ibu Tien in Indonesia, she was widely acknowledged to have been politically powerful, and a close confidant and political advisor to Suharto.^[1]

Biography

Siti Hartinah was related to the Mangkunegaran Royal household and a descendant of Mangkunegara III from her mother's side.^[2]

She married Suharto on 26 December in Surakarta using a traditional Javanese ceremony.

Suharto stated that the marriage was initially not one of romantic love, but they did eventually grow to love each other devotedly, a type of marriage that was very common for many Javanese of that era.^[3] Three days after their marriage, Siti Hartinah was taken by Suharto to live in his Yogyakarta house at