Megawati Sukarnoputri
President

(pronounced "meh-ga-WAH-tee soo-kahr-noh-POOT-rih")

"I have always maintained that we, in solving any problems, want to do it with a dialogue."

Inhabited in 2002 by an estimated 231 million people, the Republic of Indonesia ranks fourth in population among the countries of the world. It consists of a 13,000 island archipelago stretching out over 1,919,440 sq km (741,096 sq mi) in Southeast Asia, at the point where the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean meet. Indonesia shares the island of Borneo with Malaysia and Brunei, shares New Guinea with Papua New Guinea, and lies north–northwest of Australia and south of the Philippines. The densely populated island of Java, traditionally the cultural center of the region, holds almost two-thirds of the population. Located on Java, Jakarta, the capital and largest city, has a population of more than 8 million. The islands of New Guinea and Sumatra contain...