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Vice President Of Sudan
The vice president of Sudan is the second highest political position obtainable in Sudan. Currently there is a provision for one ''de facto'' vice president, deputy chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, who is appointed by the List of heads of state of Sudan, chairman of the council. Historically (in the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (1972–1983), 1972–1983 and Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (2005–2011), 2005–2011 periods) either the ''first'' or the ''second'' vice president was from Southern Sudan (now independent South Sudan). From 2011 until the abolition of the post in 2019, the ''second'' vice president was from Darfur. Vice presidents First vice presidents Second vice presidents Third vice presidents Timeline Assistants and advisors to the president Senior assistants to the president Assistants to the president * Nafii Ali Nafii Ahmed * Musa Mohamed Ahmed; representing Eastern Sudan States Coordinating Council, Eastern Sudan Advisors t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emblem Of Sudan
The Emblem of Sudan was adopted in 1985. Design Because this national symbol follows the rules of heraldry it could be considered a national coat of arms instead of a national emblem. It shows a secretary bird bearing a Escutcheon (heraldry), shield (escutcheon) from the time of Muhammad Ahmad, the self-proclaimed Mahdi who History of Mahdist Sudan, briefly ruled Sudan in the 19th century. Two scrolls are placed on the arms; the upper one displays the national motto, ''An-nasr lanā'' النصر لنا ("Victory is ours"), and the lower one displays the title of the state, جمهورية السودان ''Jumhūriyat as-Sūdān'' ("Republic of the Sudan"). The coat of arms is also the Presidential seal and is found in gold on the flag of the president of Sudan and on the vehicles carrying the president and at his residence. The secretary bird was chosen as a distinctively Sudanese and indigenous variant of the "Eagle of Saladin (heraldry)#Arab heraldry, Eagle of Saladin" and " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaafar Nimeiry
Gaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry (otherwise spelled in English as Gaafar Nimeiry, Jaafar Nimeiry, or Ja'far Muhammad Numayri; ; 1 January 193030 May 2009) was a Sudanese military officer and politician who served as the fourth president of Sudan, head of state of Sudan from 1969 to 1985, first as Chairman of the National Revolutionary Command Council (Sudan), National Revolutionary Command Council and then as President. A military officer, he came to power after a 1969 Sudanese coup d'état, military coup in 1969. Establishing a one-party state, with his Sudanese Socialist Union as the sole legal political entity in the country, Nimeiry pursued socialist and Pan-Arabism, Pan-Arabist policies and close collaboration with Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt and Muammar Gaddafi of Libya. In 1971 Nimeiry 1971 Sudanese coup d'état, survived a pro-Soviet coup attempt, after which he forged an alliance with Mao Zedong of China, and, eventually, with the United States as well. In 1972 he signed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taj El-Deen Abdallah Fadl
Taj may refer to: Buildings *Taj Mahal, a medieval mausoleum in the Indian city of Agra *Taj Palace, an Abbasid palace in medieval Baghdad * Taj-ul-Masajid, mosque in Bhopal * Taj building, Nowshera, Pakistan *Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, international hotel chain * The Taj Exotica Hotel & Resort, Dubai Transport *Tadji Airport, Papua New Guinea (IATA: TAJ) *Taj International Airport, proposed airport in Delhi * Taj Express, train between New Delhi and Agra Sport * Taj Ahvaz Football Club, Iranian football (soccer) club * Taj Abadan Football Club, Iranian football (soccer) club * Taj Tehran Football Club, Iranian football (soccer) club * Taj F.C. (Palau), Palauan football team Other *Taj (name), including a list of people with the name * Taj Mahotsav, annual festival in Agra *Taj Ultimate, annual "Ultimate" tournament in Tajima, Japan *Taj Television Ltd., Mumbai *Former name pre-1979 of Esteghlal Tehran FC, football club *'' National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transitional Military Council (1985)
This article details the period of Transitional Military Council, April 1985 to April 1986, in the history of Sudan. The combination of the south's redivision, the introduction throughout the country of the sharia, the renewed civil war, and growing economic problems eventually contributed to Gaafar Nimeiry's downfall. On April 6, 1985, a group of military officers, led by Lieutenant General Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, overthrew Nimeiry, who took refuge in Egypt. Introduction of the TMC Three days after Nimeiri's downfall, Dhahab authorized the creation of a fifteen-man Transitional Military Council (TMC) to rule Sudan. During its first few weeks in power, the TMC suspended the constitution; dissolved the Sudanese Socialist Union party (SSU), the secret police, and the parliament and regional assemblies; dismissed regional governors and their ministers; and released hundreds of political detainees from Kober Prison. Dhahab also promised to negotiate an end to the southern civ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Security Organization
The General Intelligence Service or Directorate of General Intelligence Service () is the intelligence service of the federal government of Sudan, created in July 2019 from the former National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) by the Transitional Military Council during the Sudanese Revolution in response to demands from protestors to close down NISS because of its role in repression. From the early days of the Special Branch and nascent army intelligence, through the omnipresent State Security of Gaafar Nimeiry and the all-powerful NISS of Omar al-Bashir, up to the contested intelligence landscape of today, these organisation have been central to regime survival, domestic surveillance, and internal conflict. Their formal structures and names have changed with each political era, but their core function, controlling and managing internal threats to the state (or regime), has remained a defining feature of Sudanese governance. History Republic of Sudan (1956–1969) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Al-Tayib
Umar ibn al-Khattab (; ), also spelled Omar, was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () and is regarded as a senior companion and father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Initially, Umar opposed Muhammad, who was his distant Qurayshite kinsman. However, after converting to Islam in 616, he became the first Muslim to openly pray at the Kaaba. He participated in nearly all of Muhammad’s battles and expeditions, and Muhammad conferred upon him the title ''al-Fārūq'' ("the Distinguisher") for his sound judgement. After Muhammad’s death in June 632, Umar pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr as the first caliph and served as his chief adviser. In 634, shortly before his death, Abu Bakr nominated Umar as his successor. During Umar’s reign, the caliphate expanded at an unprecedented rate, conquering the Sasanian Empire and more than two-thirds of the Byzantine Empire. His campaigns against the Sasanians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Majid Khalil
General Abdul Majid Hamid Khalil (, 1935–2021) was a Sudanese soldier and politician. Biography Khalil was born on 1 January in 1935 in El-Obeid. He was educated at the Military College of Sudan. He became the commander of Port Sudan military zone. During the Nimeiry era, Khalil was First Vice President, a general of the army, Minister of Defense, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and secretary general of the Sudanese Socialist Union., and regarded as the Nimeiry's heir apparent. He was appointed Minister of Defense from 28 May 1979 to 25 January 1982. He was First Vice President of Gaafar Nimeiry from June 1979 to 25 January 1982. Nimeiry forced him to retire on 25 January 1982, and reportedly put him under house arrest. After Nimeiry was ousted, during the civilian government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi, Khalil was again appointed Minister of Defense from 15 May 1988 to February 1989. He resigned to protest the civilian government's procrastination. His resi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu El-Qassim Mohamad Ibrahim
Abu el-Qassim Mohamad Ibrahim (1937–2022) was a Sudanese soldier and politician. Ibrahim was born in 1937 in Omdurman. He was educated at the Military College of Sudan until 1961. He had a military career, and was an instructor at the Infantry Training School in Gebeit from 1968 to 1969. Ibrahim became a members of the National Revolutionary Command Council in 1969. He was then appointed to a number of cabinet positions. He was appointed as Minister of Local Government in October 1969 and served until July 1970. He was assistant Prime Minister for the Armed Forces from July to November 1970. He was Minister of the Interior from November 1970 to October 1971. He was Minister of Health from October 1971 to October 1973, and then Minister of Health and Social Welfare until 1974. He was Minister of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources from 1974 to 1976. He was also part of Sudanese Socialist Union The Sudanese Socialist Union (Abbreviation, abbr. SSU; ''Al-Ittihad Al-Isht ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu El-Qassim Mohamad
Abu or ABU may refer to: Aviation * Airman Battle Uniform, a utility uniform of the United States Air Force * IATA airport code for A. A. Bere Tallo Airport in Atambua, Province of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia People * Abu (Arabic term), a kunya when written in the construct state * Ab (Semitic), a common part of Arabic-derived names, meaning "father of" in Arabic * Abu al-Faraj (other) * Abu Baker Asvat, a murdered South African activist and medical doctor * Abu Ibrahim (other) * Abu Mohammed (other) * Abu Salim (other) *Abdul-Malik Abu (born 1995), American basketball player in the Israeli Premier Basketball League * Raneo Abu, Filipino politician Places * Abu (volcano), a volcano on the island of Honshū in Japan * Abu, Yamaguchi, a town in Japan * Ahmadu Bello University, a university located in Zaria, Nigeria * Atlantic Baptist University, a Christian university located in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada * Elephantine, Egypt, known as A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudanese Socialist Union
The Sudanese Socialist Union (Abbreviation, abbr. SSU; ''Al-Ittihad Al-Ishtiraki As-Sudaniy'') was a political party in Democratic Republic of the Sudan, Sudan. The SSU was the country's One-party state, sole legal party from 1971 until 1985, when the History of Sudan (1969-85), regime of List of heads of state of Sudan, President Gaafar Nimeiry was overthrown in a 1985 Sudanese coup d'état, military coup. Today the Sudanese Socialist Democratic Union, the successor party to the SSU, exists as a registered political party in Sudan. Until 2018, it was led by Professor Dr. Fatima Abdel Mahmoud, who was Sudan's first female minister during the presidency of Gaafar Nimeiry as well as a former member of the National Congress Party (Sudan), National Congress Party. Professor Dr. Fatima Abdel Mahmoud was the first woman to contest the presidency of Sudan in the 2010 Sudanese general election, 2010 general election. Electoral history Presidential elections National Assembly el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudanese Armed Forces
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF; ) are the military forces of the Republic of the Sudan. The force strength has been estimated at personnel in 2011 (by IISS), 200,000 personnel before the current war in Sudan broke out in 2023 (by the CIA), and 300,000 personnel in 2024 (by Al Jazeera). In 2016–2017, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had members participating in the Yemeni Civil War (of which returned to Sudan by October 2019). As of 2025, the SAF and RSF remain in armed conflict against one other in the ongoing civil war in Sudan. History The origins of the Sudanese army can be traced to six battalions of black soldiers from southern Sudan, recruited by the British during the reconquest of Sudan in 1898. Sudan officially became the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan in 1899. The highest-ranking British officer in Egypt, known as the Sirdar, also served as Governor General of the Sudan. In 1922, after nationalist riots stimulated by Egyptian leader Saad Zaghloul, Egyp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
