THE husband of former Indonesian president Megawati Sukarnoputri has died at a Singapore hospital, Indonesian embassy officials say. Taufiq Kiemas, 70, speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly, Indonesia's legislative branch, died at 7.30pm (2130 AEST) on Saturday at the Singapore General Hospital, two embassy officials said. He passed away at 7.30pm. He has been in the hospital since last Monday," an embassy spokeswoman said, adding however that she did not know the cause of death. Indonesian media reports said he was hospitalised after complaining of exhaustion. Taufiq's wife Megawati was president of Indonesia between 2001 and 2004. She is the daughter of former Indonesian president Sukarno who led the country to independence from Dutch colonial rule after World War II and became the country's first president. Embassy officials said Taufiq's body will be brought to the high commission overnight and will be flown back early on Sunday.