Abdurrahman Wahid
Politician
1940 – 2009
Who was Abdurrahman Wahid?
Abdurrahman Wahid, born Abdurrahman Addakhil, colloquially known as Gus Dur, was an Indonesian Muslim religious and political leader who served as the President of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001. The long-time president of the Nahdlatul Ulama and the founder of the National Awakening Party, Wahid was the first elected president of Indonesia after the resignation of Suharto in 1998.
Like many Indonesian names, "Abdurrahman Wahid" does not contain a family name. The name "Wahid" is patronymic. His popular nickname Gus Dur, is derived from Gus, a common honorific for a son of kyai, from short-form of bagus; and Dur, short-form of his name, Abdurrahman.
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- Born
- Sep 7, 1940
Jombang Regency - Also known as
- Abdurrahman Addakhil
- Gus Dur
- Parents
- Spouses
- Sinta Nuriyah
( - 2009/12/30)
- Sinta Nuriyah
- Children
- Religion
- Islam
- Ethnicity
- Javanese people
- Nationality
- Indonesia
- Profession
- Education
- Al-Azhar University
- Karachi Grammar School
- University of Baghdad
- Died
- Dec 30, 2009
Jakarta
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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