Hidayat Nur Wahid

Hidayat Nur Wahid
Deputy Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 October 2014 Serving with 9 other people
11th Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly
In office 1 October 2004 – 1 October 2009
Preceded by	Amien Rais
Succeeded by	Taufiq Kiemas
Personal details
Born	(1960-04-08) 8 April 1960 Klaten, Indonesia
Political party	PKS
Children	6
Alma mater	Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Islamic University of Madinah
Occupation	Politician

Hidayat Nur Wahid (born 8 April 1960 in Klaten, Central Java) is an Indonesian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2004. He was the Speaker of Indonesia People's Consultative Assembly (Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat/MPR) for the 2004–2009 period. He resigned as the leader of Prosperous Justice Party (Partai Keadilan Sejahtera/PKS) on 11 October 2004. Hidayat was mentioned in the media as a possible running mate for Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the 2009 Indonesian presidential election.

External links

• Profile at tokohindonesia.com Archived 2005-01-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Indonesian)
• Hidayat Nur Wahid's own site (in Indonesian)
• Profile at mpr.go.id (in Indonesian)