During the People's Consultative Assembly's first annual session in August 2000, President Wahid gave an account of his government's performance.

In October 1999 the MPR elected a compromise candidate, Abdurrahman Wahid, as the country's fourth president, and Megawati Sukarnoputri — a daughter of Sukarno, the country's first president — as the vice president.

* Wahid Hasyim first Indonesian minister of religious affairs.

This seat was considered a Bhutto clan's post and first contested in 1926 by the late Sardar Wahid Bux Bhutto, in the first ever elections in Sindh, British Indian Empire.

Sardar Wahid Bux won, and became not only the first elected representative from Sindh to a democratically elected parliament, but also the youngest member of the Central Legislative Assembly at age 27.

Wahid Bux's achievement was monumental as it was he who was the first Bhutto elected to a government, from a seat that would, thereafter, always be contested by his family members.

Haz served in the cabinet of President Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie and was the first minister to resign from the Abdurrahman Wahid administration.

Hamzah joined the cabinet of President Abdurrahman Wahid, then became the first minister to quit Wahid's first cabinet, resigning as minister for people's welfare after just two months.

Wahid Hasyim, Indonesia's first minister for religions affairs, and Anwar Cokroaminoto, later appointed as the chairman of the Masjid Istiqlal Foundation.

Sardar Wahid Baksh Bhutto, on the other hand, was the first member of the family to be democratically elected to government, when in 1927 he was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly of India, securing the highest number of votes in Sindh, with Abdullah Haroon in second place.

He was the Managing Director of the now-defunct East West Airlines. Mr. Wahid along with his brother, Mr. Nasirudeen A Wahid created East West Airlines, Indias first private airlines, from the success of a profitably run recruiting business to further travel agency business.

Bhutto was a first cousin of Wahid Baksh Bhutto, who in 1924 was made a sardar and in 1926 was elected to the Imperial Legislative Assembly from Sindh, a constituency of the Bombay Presidency, becoming the first member of the Bhuttho family to be elected to public office.

Karim Khan's first wife, Gafooran was the sister of another Kirana master Abdul Wahid Khan, who was also his cousin.

The first March running of the Derby in 2006 was won by Wahid, from the stable of Allan Sharrock in New Plymouth.

Golkar was rewarded for its support of Wahid by having its members appointed to ministerial positions in Wahid's Cabinet.

Hamzah who served in Wahid's Cabinet as Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare, immediately resigned from his position just a month after Wahid had appointed him to it.

He was appointed to the position by Abdurrahman Wahid in the Wahid Cabinet in October 1999.

In the early morning hours of November 19, he woke them up just minutes before the al-Wafa charity building was bombed, phoning friends in the area, he learned that Abdul Wahid had been killed in the explosion.

Late MIM President Abdul Wahid Owaisi in his early days.

Another towering figure of this gharana in the early 20th century was Abdul Karim Khan ’ s cousin Abdul Wahid Khan ( 1871 ?- 1949 ).

On November 13, 1995 The company's managing director Thakiyudeen Wahid was shot dead near his Mumbai office.

In October 1999, the People's Consultative Assembly ( MPR ), which consists of the 500-member Parliament plus 200 appointed members, elected Abdurrahman Wahid, commonly referred to as " Gus Dur " as President, and Megawati Sukarnoputri as Vice President, for 5-year terms.

President Abdurrahman Wahid took office in October 1999, and Indonesia and the IMF signed another EFF in January 2000.

Soon after the fourth Indonesian President, Abdurrahman Wahid came into power in 1999, he quickly abolished some of the discriminatory laws in efforts to improve race relationships.

In 1984, Abdurrahman Wahid, the grandson of NU founder Hasyim Asy ' ari, inherited the leadership from his father, and was later elected President of Indonesia in 1999.

During his presidency Abdurrahman Wahid invited former PKI exiles to return to Indonesia in 1999, and proposed removing restrictions on open discussion of the communist ideology.

BJ Habibie continued at least a year of his remaining presidential years, followed by Abdurrahman Wahid in 1999.

Wiranto / Wahid came second and there were allegations of disunity within the party with Akbar not fully supporting Wiranto after losing the nomination.

The PPP came second, after the government sponsored Golkar organization in the elections of 1977 and 1982, but in 1984, the new NU chairman Abdurrahman Wahid ( also known as Gus Dur ), the son of Wahid Haschim, withdrew the NU from the PPP because of dissatisfaction with the NU's lack of influence.

President Wahid has pursued better relations with Israel, and in August 2000 he met with former Israeli Prime Minister Peres.

* 2009 – Abdurrahman Wahid, 4th President of Indonesia ( b. 1940 )

On 29 January 2001 thousands of student protesters stormed parliament grounds and demanded that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.

* 2001 – Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.

* 1940 – Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian politician, 4th President of Indonesia ( d. 2009 )

At the United Nations Headquarters, Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid addressed an event of the Unification Church in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the UN.

* September 7 – Abdurrahman Wahid, former President of Indonesia ( d. 2009 )

Former Indonesian presidents Abdurrahman Wahid and Achmed Sukarno were usually called ' Gus Dur ' and ' Bung Karno ', respectively.

Sardar Wahid Bux went on to be elected to the Bombay Council.

After Wahid Bux's untimely and mysterious death at the age of 33, his younger brother Nawab Nabi Bux Bhutto contested from the same seat and remained undefeated until retirement.

Khyal vocalists include Abdul Karim Khan, Abdul Wahid Khan, Amir Khan, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Basavaraj Rajguru, Bhimsen Joshi, D. V. Paluskar, Faiyaz Khan, Gangubai Hangal, Hirabai Barodekar, Kesarbai Kerkar, Kishori Amonkar, Kumar Gandharva, Mallikarjun Mansur, Mogubai Kurdikar, Nazakat and Salamat Ali Khan, Omkarnath Thakur, Prabha Atre, Rashid Khan, Roshan Ara Begum, Sharafat Hussein Khan, Ulhas Kashalkar, Jitendra Abhisheki and Vasantrao Deshpande.

After serving as Vice-President under Abdurrahman Wahid, Megawati became President when Wahid was removed from office in 2001.