Abdurrahman

Abdurrahman Wahid

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4th president of Indonesia

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According to Wikipedia, Abdurrahman Wahid , though more colloquially known as Gus Dur , was an Indonesian politician and Islamic religious leader who served as the 4th president of Indonesia, from his election in 1999 until his removal from power in 2001. A long time leader within the Nahdlatul Ulama organization, he was the founder of the National Awakening Party . He was the son of Minister of Religious Affairs Wahid Hasyim, and the grandson of Nahdatul Ulama founder Hasyim Asy'ari. He had 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 as of the only president of Indonesia to have had physical disabilities.

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