Gus Dur, Kyai Haji Abdurrahman Wahid

Kyai Haji Abdurrahman Wahid, often called Gus Dur (born in Jombang, East Java, September 7, 1940 - died in Jakarta, December 30, 2009 at age 69 years) is Indonesian Muslim leaders and political leaders who became president of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001. He succeeded President B. J. Habibie was elected by the Assembly after the 1999 elections. Organization of government with the assistance of the National Unity Cabinet. Abdurrahman Wahid's presidency which begins on October 20, 1999, and ends at the Special Session of

the Assembly in 2001. Right July 23, 2001, his leadership was replaced by Megawati Sukarnoputri after the mandate was revoked by the Assembly. Abdurrahman Wahid is the former chairman of Tanfidziyah (executive body) and NU founder of the National Awakening Party (PKB).

Gus Dur is the first son of six children. Wahid was born in a very respectable family in the Muslim community of East Java. Grandfather from his father is K.H. Asyari Hashim, the founder of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), while the maternal grandfather, KH Syansuri Bisri, was the first boarding school teacher who teaches classes on women. Father Gus Dur, K.H. Wahid Hasyim, was involved in the Nationalist Movement and became Minister of Religion in 1949. His mother, Ny. Hj. Sholehah, is the daughter of the founder of Pesantren Denanyar Jombang. Gus Dur has openly stated that he had blood Tionghoa. Abdurrahman Wahid admitted that he is a descendant of Tan Kim Han who is married to Tan A Lok, siblings Raden Patah (Tan Eng Hwa), founder of the Sultanate of Demak.
A Lok Tan and Tan Eng Hwa is a son of Princess Campa, daughter of a concubine China Raden Brawijaya V. Tan Kim Han himself and based on studies of a French researcher, Louis-Charles Damais identified as Sheik Abdul al-Shini Qodir who discovered his tomb in Trowulan. In 1944, Wahid moved from Jombang to Jakarta, where his father was elected the first Chairman of the Consultative Council of Indonesian Muslims (Masyumi), an organization that stands with the support of the Japanese army occupied Indonesia. After the declaration of Indonesian independence on 17 August 1945, Wahid returned to Jombang and remained there during the war of independence against the Dutch Indonesia. At the end of the war in 1949, Wahid moved to Jakarta, and his father was appointed as Minister of Religious Affairs. Abdurrahman Wahid studied in Jakarta, went to primary school before moving to KRIS SD Matraman Perwari. Wahid was also taught to read non-Muslim books, magazines, and newspapers by his father to expand his knowledge Wahid continued to live in Jakarta with his family although his father was not a minister of religion in 1952. In April 1953, Wahid's father died from a car accident. Wahid continued education and in 1954, he entered the Junior Secondary School. In that year, he did not take the class. His mother then sent Gus Dur to Yogyakarta to continue his education. In 1957, after graduating from junior high, Wahid moved to Magelang to start education in pesantren Tegalrejo Muslims. He developed a reputation as a gifted student, completing the pesantren in two years (instead of four years). In 1959, Wahid moved to Tambakberas Pesantren in Jombang. There, while continuing his own education, Abdurrahman Wahid also received his first job as a teacher and later as head of the madrassa schools. Gus Dur is also employed as a journalist magazines like Horizon and Culture Magazine Jaya.