HASYIM Muzadi was born 60 years ago on August 8, as the seventh of eight children. His father, a tobacco trader, died 35 years ago, followed by his mother nine years later.

The school days of Hasyim started at Madrasah Ibtidaiyah (MI), an Islamic primary school in Bangilan. But only after a year, his father sent him to the Bangilan elementary school.

At school, Hasyim was brilliant enough. When he was only a fifth grader he joined a sixth grade ex