Muhammad Taufiq Kiemas (31 December 1942 – 8 June 2013) was an Indonesian politician who served as the Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly of Indonesia from 2009 until his death in 2013.
He was the head of his mother's family in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra, with the title Datuk Basa Batuah.
He then joined the Indonesian Democratic Party and was elected as a member of the People's Representative Council in 1992.
[2] He was a well-known participant in PDI-P affairs, often commenting on national matters such as preparations for the 2014 legislative and presidential elections in Indonesia and sometimes differing with his wife on certain issues concerning the management and leadership of the party.
The following day his body was flown back to Jakarta in an Indonesian Air Force Hercules cargo aircraft[5] where he was given a full state funeral and buried at the Kalibata Heroes' Cemetery.