KH ABDURRAHMAN WAHID (GUS DUR)
(PLURALISM MUST BE ACCEPTED, WITHOUT ANY DIFFERENCE)
Dr. (H.C) .K.H Abdurrahman Wahid or familiarly called Gus Dur,
was born in Jombang, East Java, August 4, 1940, died Jakarta December 30, 2009
At 69 years old. Is the fourth President of the Republic of Indonesia who
served from 1999-2001, he replaced President B.J Habibie. After the MPR was
elected from the 1999 election results. He was born to K.H Wahid Hasyim and
Siti Aminah, his wife is named Sinta Nuriyah and has 4 children from his
marriage. He was born with the name Abdurrahman Addakhil, "Addakhil"
means "the Conqueror". The word "Addakhil" was not well
known and was renamed "Wahid", and later became better known as Gus
Dur. "Gus" is a typical pesantren nickname for a kiai child which
means "Abang" or "Mas".
The education he received started from SD KRIS before moving
to SD Matraman Perwari and then continued in 1954 when he entered the first
school. Unfortunately, he did not go up to class until he was sent to
Jogjakarta by his mother, in Jogjakarta he studied with K.H Ali Maksum and also
studied junior high school there. In 1957 he entered the pesantren in Tegalrejo
and completed his education for two years, until 1959 he started his education
at the Tambakberas Jombang pesantren, his first job came as a teacher and later
became head of the madrasa school.
In 1963, he studied at Al Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt
to study Islamic studies. There he also worked at the Indonesian Embassy to
Egypt. His political career began when he joined the Institute for Economic and
Social Information and Education Research (LP3ES). An organization consisting
of progressive Muslim intellectuals and social democrats. This organization
also founded a magazine called Prisma, he had also joined the Hasyim Asy'ari
university, his career continued to climb until he succeeded in occupying the
chair of the first PBNU and succeeded in reforming NU until in 1999 he
succeeded in occupying the fourth Indonesian presidential seat for the 1999
period- 2004 (please correct it if it's wrong) but in 2001 he had to step down
from his position. He died in Jakarta on December 30, 2009 at the age of 69
(Summarized from various sources)
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