Biography Of Gus Dur

By Group 3
Biography
Kyai Haji Abdurrahman Wahid, known as Gus Dur
was born in Jombang, East Java, on 7 September
1940 from the couple Wahid Hasyim and Solichah.
He is kind, humble, wise, courtly, pious, and smart
• Gus dur is short. His body is medium. He has
homely. His eye is blind (sorry -.-). He has flat nose.
His hair is straight. He has brown skin.
He was born with the name Abdurrahman Addakhil
or "the Conqueror", and then more fondly known as
Gus Dur. Gus Dur is the first son of six children from a
very respectable family in the Muslim community of
East Java.
• Grandfather of his father is K.H Asyari Hashim, the
founder of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), while his
maternal grandfather
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• KH Bisri Syansuri, is the first
boarding school teacher who
teaches a class on women. Gus
Dur's father, K.H. Wahid
Hasyim, was involved in the
nationalist movement and
became Minister of Religious
Affairs in 1949. His mother,
Mrs. Hj. Sholehah, is the
daughter of the founder of
Pondok Pesantren in Jombang
Denanyar.
• In addition to Gus Dur, his brother Gus Dur is also a
figure of national leaders At the time of his father
diangkan became Minister of Religion, Gus Dur join
move to Jakarta and went to primary school before
moving to SD KRIS Matraman Perwari. His
education continued in 1954 at Junior High School
and not the next grade, but not because of
intellectual problems.
• His mother then sent to Yogyakarta to continue
their education. In 1957, after graduating from
junior high school, he moved to Magelang to study
at boarding school Tegalrejo. He developed a
reputation as a gifted pupil, graduated from
boarding school within two years (should be four
years)
• In 1959, Gus Dur Tambakberas moved to boarding
school in Jombang and get his first job as a teacher and
head of the madrassa. Gus Dur is also a journalist and
magazine Horizon Culture Jaya. In 1963, Wahid received
a scholarship from the Ministry of Religious Affairs to
study at Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, but did not
finish due to the criticality of his mind. Gus Dur and
then studied at the University of Baghdad.
• Although initially neglected, Gus Dur can finish his
education at the University of Baghdad in 1970. He
went to Holland to continue his education, to study
at the University of Leiden, but disappointed that
his education in Baghdad under-recognized here.
Gus Dur and then went to Germany and France
before returning to Indonesia in 1971.
• Abdurrahman returned to Jakarta and joined the
Institute for Research, Education and Economic and
Social Affairs (LP3ES), an organization which
consists of a progressive Muslim intellectuals and
social democrats.
• In addition to its stroke, his health problems
allegedly caused by hereditary factors also caused a
close blood relationship between her parents. In
the early 1980s, Gus Dur plunge care of Nahdlatul
Ulama (NU) after three times ditawarin by his
grandfather.
• In recent years, Gus Dur NU managed to reform the
body so as to make his name more and more
popular among NU. At the National Congress of
1984, Gus Dur was asked as Chairman of the NU.
During his first term, Gus Dur focus in reforming the
educational system succeeded in improving the
quality of schools and boarding school education
system so that it can compete with secular schools.
• And finally on December 30, 2009, Gus Dur died of
illness complications and was buried in Jombang,
East Java. Congratulations Gus Way, may appear
Gus Gus Dur Dur-bari capable of thrilling the world
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Thankyou