National Revolutionary Command Council (Sudan)
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The Revolutionary Command Council was the body that ruled
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 ...
after the coup d'état in May 1969. It was disbanded in October 1971. Initially Babiker Awadalla, a lawyer, served as Premier, but was then moved by Maj-Gen
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, hea ...
to become deputy chair of the council on 26 November 1969. Joseph Garang, a southerner, was also on the council in its initial days.


Members (in 1970)

The other members (1970) were as follows:The Europa World Year Book 1970 * Farouk Hamadallah (Purged in 1970) * Khalid Hassan Abbas * Mamoun Awad * Abul Kassem Hashem * Muhammad Ahmed Abd al-Qadir * Abu el-Qassim Mohamad Ibrahim * Abu Bakr al-Nur (Purged in 1970) * Hashem al Atta (Purged in 1970)


See also

* Egyptian Revolutionary Command Council *
Libyan Revolutionary Command Council The Revolutionary Command Council () was a twelve-member governing body that ruled the Libyan Arab Republic after the 1969 Libyan coup d'état by the Free Officers Movement (Libya), Free Officers Movement, which overthrew the Kingdom of Libya, Se ...
* Revolutionary Command Council (Iraq)


References

* Government of Sudan 1969 establishments in Sudan Political history of Sudan Military dictatorships {{Sudan-stub Collective leadership 1971 disestablishments in Africa