JAKARTA (Reuters) - Former Indonesian leader Abdurrahman Wahid, who served as the country's fourth president between 1999 and 2001, died in hospital on Wednesday at the age of 69, an aide said.
Wahid, a jocular Muslim cleric usually known as Gus Dur, spent years in opposition to former President Suharto before taking office on a wave of optimism after the strongman leader was forced out.
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