Former Indonesian President Wahid dies
December 30th, 2009 | 
Former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has died aged 69, according to party officials.
Wahid, who was often referred to by his nickname Gus Dur, ruled the country between 1999 and 2001.
He was the first elected president after the fall of the 32-year Suharto regime in 1998.
Wahid had been suffering from a number of medical problems in recent years. He was a diabetic and was known to have had a series of strokes.
Short tenure
“Gus Dur just passed away,” Lukman Edy from Wahid’s National Awakening Party told reporters.
“We lost a great statesman who had dedicated all of his life to the nation, struggling for the sake of those suffering from injustice,” his brother Solahuddin Wahid told The Associated Press.
According to local television reports Wahid died of heart failure, but this has not yet been confirmed.
Source : www.bbc.co.uk
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