Hamzah Haz
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Hamzah Haz is an Indonesian politician born in Ketapang, West Kalimantan on 15 February 1940. He is the head of the United Development Party (PPP) and served as the ninth Vice-President from 2001 until 2004. He is sometimes known as Dr. Hamzah based on having obtained a Ph.D. from American World University, an internet diploma mill, for $2,500.
In the 2004 Indonesian Presidential Election, Hamzah Haz was one of the presidential candidates, running with team-mate Agum Gumelar. The pair finished last among the five candidates, garnering only 3% of the total vote.
[edit] Personal life
Officially, according to the Office of Vice President [1], Hamzah married to two wives: Asmaniah (b. 27 July 1942) and Titin Kartini (b. 4 May 1946). He has a total of 12 children from the official wives. However, other source [2] indicated that he has in fact three wives. His third wife is Soraya, and she bore three children from Hamzah. However, Hamzah does not officially admit of having a third wife.
His son, Nur Agus Haz is member of parliament under the wing of United Development Party[3]
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| Preceded by: Megawati Sukarnoputri |
Vice President of Indonesia 2001–2004 |
Succeeded by: Jusuf Kalla |
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