Ghazi al-Sadiq (died 19 August 2012) was a

Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

ese politician. In July 2012, he was appointed as Guidance and Religious Endowments Minister, having previously served as Minister of Tourism and Antiquities. He died in a

plane crash An aviation accident is an event during aircraft operation that results serious injury, death, or significant destruction. An aviation incident is any operating event that compromises safety but does not escalate into an aviation accident. Pre ...

on 19 August 2012 near

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, Sudan, which killed at least 31 other people. Initial reports focused on an attack by Sudan People's Liberation Movement North as a likely cause of the crash, but Sudan's information minister later stated to Radio Omdurman that bad weather had caused the plane to crash into a hill. The plane was carrying a delegation to an

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celebration. At least 31 other people died in the crash, including several state ministers and the chairman of the Justice Party.

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