Abdurrahman Wahid

KH Abdurrahman Wahid (September 7, 1940 — December 30, 2009),^[1] called Gus Dur,^[2] was the president of Indonesia from October 20, 1999 to July 23, 2001. He was the first elected president after the end of the Suharto government. He was removed from office in 2001 on charges of being corrupt.^[1]

Abdurrahman Wahid
Wahid at the World Economic Forum in 2000
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
Personal details
Born	Abdurrahman ad-Dakhil (1940-09-07)7 September 1940 Jombang, Dutch East Indies
Died	30 December 2009(2009-12-30) (aged 69) Jakarta, Indonesia
Cause of death	coronary artery and kidney disease and diabetes
Resting place	Jombang, East Java, Indonesia 7°36′26″S 112°14′17″E
Political party	National Awakening Party
Spouse(s)	Sinta Nuriyah ​ (m. 1968)​
Children	Alissa Qotrunnada Zannuba Ariffah Chafsoh Anita Hayatunnufus Inayah Wulandari
Parents	Wahid Hasyim Siti Sholehah
Alma mater	Al-Azhar University (Islamic studies 1967) University of Baghdad
Profession	Religious leader (Kyai), Politician
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Website	www.gusdur.net

He was buried in Jombang, East Java, where a crowd of about 5,000 people went to the funeral. He had been very ill for a long time and was blind.^[1]

Early life

Wahid was born in Jombang, East Java, in 1940. His grandfather started Indonesia's biggest Muslim organization, the Nahdlatul Ulama, or NU.^[2] His father was the first Indonesian minister of religious affairs. The family moved to Jakarta in 1944. In 1959 he went back to Jombang, where he became a teacher and later a school principal. In 1963 he won a scholarship to go to Egypt and study at al-Azhar University in Cairo. He later studied in Baghdad and in the Netherlands. He returned to Indonesia in 1971 and worked as a journalist.^[2]