Wahid Hasyim

Abdul Wahid Hasyim (1 June 1914 Jombang, East Java – 19 April 1953 Cimahi, West Java) was the first Minister of Religious Affairs in the government of President Sukarno of Indonesia, a post he held in 1945, and from 1949 to 1952.

He was the son of Nahdlatul Ulama founder Hasyim Asy'ari and went on to lead the organization.[1] He was succeeded as leader of NU by his son Abdurrahman Wahid, who later became President of Indonesia.

Footnotes

  1. ^ National Information and Communication Agency 2001, p. 6

References