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Newly Elected NU Chairman to Give Prabowo His NU Membership Card
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Newly Elected NU Chairman to Give Prabowo His NU Membership Card

From CNN Indonesia · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Newly elected Nahdlatul Ulama chairman KH Abdul Hakim Mahfudz said he would give President Prabowo Subianto an NU membership card.
  • Mahfudz said the card had been completed and would be handed over at the closing ceremony of NU’s 35th congress in Jombang.
  • Prabowo had previously asked for the card during the congress, according to the report.

Newly elected Nahdlatul Ulama chairman KH Abdul Hakim Mahfudz, widely known as Gus Kikin, said he would soon hand President Prabowo Subianto a membership card for Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization.

Mahfudz made the statement after being confirmed as chairman of the Nahdlatul Ulama central board for the 2026-2031 term at the organization’s 35th congress in Jombang on Monday. He said the card was already complete and ready to be presented at the congress’s closing ceremony.

God willing, we will give it later

— Gus KikinMahfudz confirmed that he would provide Prabowo with an NU membership card.

Prabowo had raised the request during his speech at the congress’s opening on August 27. Although he had made the request to the previous chairman, Yahya Cholil Staquf, Mahfudz said he would sign the card himself as the newly elected chairman.

It’s already there

— Gus KikinMahfudz said the membership card had been completed and was ready for delivery.
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Originally published by CNN Indonesia in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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