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Haedar Nashir elected as new Muhammadiyah chairman
Changing of the guard : Haedar Nashir (right) and Abdul Muâthi have been elected as the new Muhammadiyah chairman and secretary general for the 2015-2020 period during the organizationâs 47th muktamar (national congress) at Makassar Muhammadiyah University (Unismuh) on Thursday evening
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span class="inline inline-center">Changing of the guard : Haedar Nashir (right) and Abdul Mu'thi have been elected as the new Muhammadiyah chairman and secretary general for the 2015-2020 period during the organization's 47th muktamar (national congress) at Makassar Muhammadiyah University (Unismuh) on Thursday evening. (Courtesy of kompas.com)
Sociologist Haedar Nashir has been elected as the new Muhammadiyah chairman for 2015-2020, replacing Din Syamsuddin.
The election took place during a closed meeting of the 13 new members of the Muhammadiyah central executive board (DPP) at the venue of the organization's 47thmuktamar (national congress) at Makassar Muhammadiyah University (Unismuh) on Thursday evening.
In the meeting, Abdul Mu'thi was elected as Muhammadiyah's new secretary general.
Kompas.com reported that the selection process for both positions ran very smoothly, taking less than 10 minutes.
'The consulting group has proposed Haedar Nashir as the new Muhammadiyah chairman. Can we agree on this?' said Dahlan Rais, who led the congress' eighth plenary meeting.
'Yes, we all agree,' responded the meeting participants.
The handover of the Muhammadiyah executive leadership is scheduled to be held at the congress' twelfth plenary meeting, which will start at 10 a.m. local time on Friday. (edn/ebf)
