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Abdurrahman Wahid

1940 - 2009

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Abdurrahman Wahid ( AHB-doo-RAHKH-mahn wah-HEED; né ad-Dakhil, 7 September 1940 – 30 December 2009), more colloquially known as Gus Dur (), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdurrahman Wahid has received more than 1,101,239 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Abdurrahman Wahid is the 1,901st most popular politician (up from 3,073rd in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Indonesia (up from 7th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indonesian Politician.

Abdurrahman Wahid was the president of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001. He was a prominent Muslim scholar and the founder of Nahdlatul Ulama, one of the largest Islamic organizations in the world.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdurrahman Wahid ranks 1,901 out of 19,576Before him are Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Eric VI of Denmark, John V of Portugal, Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, Agathocles of Syracuse, and Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik. After him are Alexander Jagiellon, Al-Adil I, Alfonso VIII of Castile, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Zhengde Emperor, and Tomoe Gozen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Abdurrahman Wahid ranks 40Before him are Kip Thorne, Anna Karina, Raquel Welch, Burt Young, Terry Gilliam, and Dario Argento. After him are Tabaré Vázquez, Julie Christie, Paolo Borsellino, H. R. Giger, Andrzej Żuławski, and Denis Law. Among people deceased in 2009, Abdurrahman Wahid ranks 15Before him are Aage Bohr, Omar Bongo, Pina Bausch, Maurice Jarre, David Carradine, and Farrah Fawcett. After him are Mercedes Sosa, Karl Malden, Les Paul, Raúl Alfonsín, Robert McNamara, and Milorad Pavić.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Abdurrahman Wahid ranks 5 out of 158Before him are Sukarno (1901), Suharto (1921), Willem Einthoven (1860), and Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947). After him are Joko Widodo (1961), Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1949), B. J. Habibie (1936), Anthony Fokker (1890), Laura Gemser (1950), Prabowo Subianto (1951), and Enrique of Malacca (1495).

Among POLITICIANS In Indonesia

Among politicians born in Indonesia, Abdurrahman Wahid ranks 4Before him are Sukarno (1901), Suharto (1921), and Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947). After him are Joko Widodo (1961), Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1949), B. J. Habibie (1936), Prabowo Subianto (1951), Mohammad Hatta (1902), Gajah Mada (1290), Diponegoro (1785), and Ma'ruf Amin (1943).