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Gus Kikin Leads NU

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Indonesia’s Nahdlatul Ulama selects KH Abdul Hakim Mahfudz, known as Gus Kikin, as chairman for 2026-2031. He leads the preliminary vote among five candidates with 472 votes and heads Tebuireng.

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Profile: PBNU elects Gus Kikin, great-grandson of NU founder Hasyim Asy’ari

- KH Abdul Hakim Mahfudz, known as Gus Kikin, was elected chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama’s central executive board for the 2026-2031 term. - He won 472 votes at the organization’s 35th congress in Jombang, East Java, through the Ahlul Halli Wal Aqdi mechanism. - Gus Kikin previously led NU’s East Java branch and served as PBNU’s economic affairs chairman, and he campaigned on strengthening NU’s found…