Abdurrahman Wahid, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Abdurrahman Wahid

fourth President of the Republic of Indonesia

Date of Birth: 07-Sep-1940

Place of Birth: Jombang, Indonesia

Date of Death: 30-Dec-2009

Profession: politician, journalist

Nationality: Indonesia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Abdurrahman Wahid ( (listen) AHB-doo-RAHKH-mahn wah-HEED; born Abdurrahman ad-Dakhil; 7 September 1940 – 30 December 2009), colloquially known as Gus Dur (listen ), was an Indonesian Muslim religious and political leader who served as the fourth president of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001.
The long-time president of the Nahdlatul Ulama and the founder of the National Awakening Party (PKB), Wahid was the first elected president of Indonesia after the resignation of Suharto in 1998. His popular nickname Gus Dur, is derived from Gus, a common honorific for a son of kyai, from short-form of bagus ('handsome lad' in Javanese language); and Dur, short-form of his name, Abdurrahman.