(b. 1940), president of Indonesia. Born in East Java in 1940, educated (although without formal degrees) in the Middle East and Europe, and heir to Muslim elite, Abdurrahman Wahid became the head of Nahdatul Ulama, Indonesia's largest Islamic...

Abdurrahman Wahid (also known as Gus Dur) (born August 4, 1940) was the President of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001, and founder of the National Awakening Party (PKB). if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide";...

face=+Italic; Hadi Soesastroface=-Italic; The honeymoon period following the election of Abdurrahman Wahid as president under a more democratic system was only a brief one. It ended with the announcement of the National Unity cabinet. Wahid's cabinet was a great disappointment to many. Firstly,...

JAKARTA PEOPLE are listening to Indonesia's president less and less. When Abdurrahman Wahid orders the arrest of a son of Suharto, the former president, the police ignore it. When his government extends a ceasefire in the separatist northern province of Aceh, fighting...

The Constitutional Court has ruled Indonesia's much-criticized truth and reconciliation commission to be illegal, casting doubt on whether victims of former dictator Suharto will ever see justice.The commission, which has yet to convene, was meant to investigate political killings, disappearances and massacres during the 32-year...