Mubarak Abdullahi El-Fadil El-Mahdi (born

Khartoum Khartoum or Khartum is the capital city of Sudan as well as Khartoum State. With an estimated population of 7.1 million people, Greater Khartoum is the largest urban area in Sudan. Khartoum is located at the confluence of the White Nile – flo ...

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, 1950, commonly known as Mubarak El-Fadil) is an

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and prominent Sudanese

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. He was appointed to several political and executive positions as part of the

National Umma Party Sudan The National Umma Party (; ) is an Islamic political party in Sudan. It was formerly led by Sadiq al-Mahdi, who served twice as Prime Minister of Sudan, and was removed once by inter party conflict and once by a military coup. , Mohamed Abd ...

in the democratic

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during the period 1986-1989.

Politics

In 2017, Al-Mahdi indicated he would not object to normal diplomatic relations between Sudan and Israel. He was also critical of Palestine's role in the

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