In this Indonesian name, there is no family name. The name Wahid is a patronymic.
Abdurrahman Wahid
Official portrait, 1999
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 Nahdlatul Ulama
In office 1984–1999
Preceded by
Idham Chalid
Succeeded by
Hasyim Muzadi
Personal details
Born
Abdurrahman ad-Dakhil
(1940-09-07)7 September 1940 Djombang, Dutch East Indies
Died
30 December 2009(2009-12-30) (aged 69) Jakarta, Indonesia
Resting place
Jombang, East Java
Political party
PKB
Height
163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Spouse
Sinta Nuriyah
(m. 1968)
Children
4, including Yenny Wahid
Parents
Wahid Hasyim (father)
Siti Sholehah (mother)
Relatives
Hasyim Asy'ari (grandfather)
Salahuddin Wahid (brother)
Alma mater
Al-Azhar University (Islamic studies, 1967)
University of Baghdad
Occupation
Politician
journalist
Signature
Website
gusdur.net
Nickname
Gus Dur
Abdurrahman Wahid (/ˌɑːbdʊəˈrɑːxmɑːnwɑːˈhiːd/ⓘAHB-doo-RAHKH-mahn wah-HEED; né ad-Dakhil,[2][3] 7 September 1940 – 30 December 2009), more colloquially known as Gus Dur (listenⓘ), was an Indonesian politician and Islamic religious leader who served as the fourth president of Indonesia, from his election in 1999 until he was removed from office 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. Due to a visual impairment caused by glaucoma, he was blind in the left eye and partially blind in his right eye. He was the first (and to date only) president of Indonesia to have had physical disabilities.
Wahid was instrumental in lifting the ban on Chinese New Year (Indonesian: Imlek). Until 1998, the spiritual practice to celebrate the Chinese New Year by Chinese families was restricted specifically only inside of Chinese community centers. This restriction is made by the New Order government through Presidential Instruction No. 14 of 1967 signed by Suharto. On 17 January 2000, Wahid issued Presidential Decree No. 6 of 2000 to annul the previous instruction.[4] He established Confucianism as the sixth official religion in Indonesia in 2000 and protected minority rights in Indonesia. As a result, Wahid was given the title "Father of Pluralism".[5]
His popular nickname 'Gus Dur' is derived from Gus, a common honorific for a son of kyai, and from the short-form of bagus ('handsome lad' in Javanese[6]); and Dur, short-form of his name, Abdurrahman.
^Romi J. (20 November 2020). "Penasaran Tidak, Berapa Sih Tinggi Badan Semua Presiden Indonesia" [Are You Curious, How Tall Are All the Presidents of Indonesia]. bertuahpos.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 6 February 2024.
^"Dari Abdurrahman Addakhil Menjadi Gus Dur" (in Indonesian). Surya Online. 31 December 2009. Archived from the original on 1 January 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
^Handayani, Primastuti (31 December 2009). "Obituary: Why fuss?!". The Jakarta Post. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
^"Keputusan Presiden Republik Indonesia Nomor 6 Tahun 2000 - Wikisource bahasa Indonesia".
^"Daftar Julukan 6 Presiden RI, Apa Julukan Jokowi? Halaman all". 18 April 2022.
^Geertz, Clifford; Fred Inglis (2010). Life Among the Anthros and Other Essays. Princeton University Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-691-14358-3.
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