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Inauguration of Abdurrahman Wahid
President Abdurrahman Wahid inaugurated at the MPR/DPR building.
Date20 October 1999; 24 years ago (1999-10-20)
LocationParliamentary Complex, Jakarta
ParticipantsAbdurrahman Wahid
4th President of Indonesia
— Assuming office
← 1998
2001 →

The inauguration of Abdurrahman Wahid as the fourth president of Indonesia took place on Wednesday, 20 October 1999 at the Parliamentary Complex, Jakarta.[1][2] 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,[a] his term ended following his decree to suspend the People's Consultative Assembly and the People's Representative Council on July 23, 2001.

Background[edit]

Abdurrahman Wahid read the presidential oath during the inauguration process.

In 1999 Wahid was elected as president beating Megawati Sukarnoputri by 373 votes to 313,[3] he was the first candidate to win the presidency through a vote by the People’s Consultative Assembly.[4] The following day, Megawati was nominated by Gus Dur's party as vice president and got elected, beating Hamzah Haz from the PPP by 396 votes to 284.[5]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ 20 October 1999 – 23 July 2001.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Pelantikan Presiden dari masa ke masa". Kumparan news. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Pelantikan Gus Dur". Merdeka.com. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  3. ^ World Factbook 2000. Claitors Pub Division. August 2000. p. 234. ISBN 9781579805784. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Abdurrahman Wahid". Britannica. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  5. ^ Raphael PuraStaff (22 October 1999). "Megawati's New Position May Snarl Wahid's Work". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 6 August 2021.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inauguration_of_Abdurrahman_Wahid