Yenny Wahid, the daughter of late president Abdurrahman “Gus Dur” Wahid, speaks on June 3, 2026, during an extraordinary congress of the women's group Indonesian Women's Congress (Kowani) in Jakarta. Yenny was elected Kowani’s new chairperson in the congress.`

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Yenny Wahid, the daughter of late president and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) leader Abdurrahman “Gus Dur” Wahid, was elected chairperson of the Indonesian Women's Congress (Kowani) in an extraordinary congress last week, amid an ongoing leadership dispute that questioned the election’s legitimacy.

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