User:The man from Gianyar/Abdurrahman Wahid
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Abdurrahman Wahid (/ˌɑːbdʊəˈrɑːxmɑːn wɑːˈhiːd/ ⓘ AHB-doo-RAHKH-mahn wah-HEED; born Abdurrahman ad-Dakhil; 7 September 1940 – 30 December 2009), though more colloquially known as Gus Dur (listenⓘ), was an Indonesian Muslim religious and political leader who served as the 4th President of Indonesia, from his election in 1999 until his removal from power in 2001. A long time leader within the Nahdlatul Ulama organization, he was the founder of the National Awakening Party (PKB). He was the son of Minister of Religious Affairs Wahid Hasyim, and the grandson of Nahdatul Ulama founder Hasyim Asy'ari.
Abdurrahman Wahid | |
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4th President of Indonesia | |
In office 20 October 1999 – 23 July 2001 | |
Vice President | Megawati Sukarnoputri |
Preceded by | B. J. Habibie |
Succeeded by | Megawati Sukarnoputri |
Chairman of the Executive Council of the Nahdlatul Ulama | |
In office 1984–1999 | |
Preceded by | Idham Chalid |
Succeeded by | Hasyim Muzadi |
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Born | Abdurrahman ad-Dakhil (1940-09-07)7 September 1940[1][lower-alpha 1] Denanyar, Jombang, East Java, Dutch East Indies |
Died | 30 December 2009(2009-12-30) (aged 69) Jakarta, Indonesia |
Cause of death | Coronary artery disease |
Resting place | Jombang, East Java, Indonesia 7°36′26″S 112°14′17″E |
Nationality | Indonesian |
Political party | National Awakening Party (PKB) |
Spouse | |
Relations | Hasyim Asy'ari (grandfather) Salahuddin Wahid (brother) |
Children | 4, including Zannuba Ariffah Chafsoh |
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Alma mater | Al-Azhar University (Islamic studies, 1967) University of Baghdad |
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Website | www |
Born in the small town of Denanyar, Jombang, East Java. He attended Al-Azhar University in Egypt, before receiving another scholarship to study at the University of Baghdad in 1967. He graduated from Baghdad in 1970, and returned to Indonesia in 1971. He joined the Faculty of Hasyim Asy'ari University Tebuireng, before becoming the secretary of the Jombang Tebu Ireng pesantren in 1974. In 1984, Wahid was elected Chairman of the Executive Council of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) by acclamation, and he served until 1999. During his tenure, he withdrew the NU from the United Development Party (PPP). Contributing to their massive losses in the 1987 Indonesian legislative election.
Following the fall of Suharto, Wahid formed the National Awakening Party (PKB), which initially became an important ally to Megawati Sukarnoputri's Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and a major opposition to president B. J. Habibie. In June 1999, Wahid's PKB entered the legislative elections, winning 12% of he vote, to Megawati's 33%. However, in the 1999 indirect presidential election, Wahid, with the support a coalition of Muslim parties known as the Central Axis, defeated Megawati's PDI-P, and Wahid was inaugurated president. With Megawati serving as vice president...
In 2001, he was removed from office by the People's Consultative Assembly...
His presidency was also the second-shortest in Indonesian history, at only 642 days. Just above his predecessor, B. J. Habibie's 517 days in office...