Hasyim Muzadi

Hasyim Muzadi
Official portrait of Hasyim
Official portrait, 2015
Member of the Presidential
Advisory Council
In office
19 January 2015 – 16 March 2017
Chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama
In office
1999–2010
Preceded byAbdurrahman Wahid
Succeeded bySaid Aqil Siradj
Personal details
Born(1944-08-08)8 August 1944
Tuban, Japanese East Indies
Died16 March 2017(2017-03-16) (aged 72)
Malang, Indonesia
Occupation
OrganizationNahdlatul Ulama

Achmad Hasyim Muzadi (8 August 1944 – 16 March 2017) was an Indonesian Islamic scholar and cleric who served as chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama, from 1999 to 2010. The founder and director of the Al-Hikam Islamic boarding school, he was a proponent of moderate Islam, which he defined as being neither radical nor liberal, and criticized both Islamic fundamentalism and Islamic liberalism. Hasyim was the vice presidential running mate of President Megawati Sukarnoputri in the 2004 Indonesian presidential election, though the ticket was defeated in a runoff. He subsequently served in the Presidential Advisory Council from 2015 until his death.