The inauguration of Abdurrahman Wahid as the fourth

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took place on Wednesday, 20 October 1999 at the

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. The ceremony marked the commencement of Wahid's only term as president. Wahid's term as president only lasted for one year, nine months, and four days, his term ended following his

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to suspend the

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and the

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on July 23, 2001.

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In 1999 Wahid was elected as president beating

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by 373 votes to 313, he was the first candidate to win the presidency through a vote by the People’s Consultative Assembly. The following day, Megawati was nominated by Gus Dur's party as vice president and got elected, beating

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from the PPP by 396 votes to 284.

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Abdurrahman Wahid Abdurrahman Wahid ( ; born Abdurrahman ad-Dakhil; 7 September 1940 – 30 December 2009), though more colloquially known as Gus Dur (), was an Indonesian politician and Islamic religious leader who served as the 4th president of Indonesia, from ...

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