Abdurrahman Wahid, also known as Gus Dur, was impeached and dismissed as the fourth president of Indonesia on 23 July 2001, after he issued a decree to dissolve the Indonesian legislature and suspend the Golkar Party.

[3] Abdurrahman Wahid responded to this effort by issuing a decree declaring the dissolution of the MPR/DPR, setting up elections within a year, and the suspension of the Golkar Party.

[8][9] On 22 August 2021, Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD made a statement on Abdurrahman Wahid's impeachment.

[10] Mahfud MD stated that the impeachment of Gus Dur in 2001 was not in accordance to the Resolutions of the People's Consultative Assembly (Ketetapan Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat) No.

[11][12] Mahfud also expressed that the impeachment by the special session of the People's Consultative Assembly had different cases between memorandums I, II, and III.