The Sudanese Socialist Union (
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SSU; ''Al-Ittihad Al-Ishtiraki As-Sudaniy'') was a
political party
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in
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 ...
. The SSU was the country's
sole legal party from 1971 until 1985, when the
regime
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of
President
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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 ...
was overthrown in a
military coup
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.
Today the Sudanese Socialist Democratic Union, the successor party to the SSU, exists as a registered political party in
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 ...
. 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.
Professor Dr. Fatima Abdel Mahmoud was the first woman to contest the presidency of Sudan in the
2010 general election.
Electoral history
Presidential elections
National Assembly elections
See also
*
1969 Sudanese coup d'état
The 1969 Sudanese coup d'état was a successful coup, led by Colonel Gaafar Nimeiry, against the government of President Ismail al-Azhari. The coup signaled the end of Sudan's second democratic era, and saw the beginning of Nimeiry's 16 year ...
*
List of political parties in Sudan
Sudan has several political parties which have very little political power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no chance of gaining influence.
Main parties
* Democratic Unionist Party (Sudan), Democratic Unionist Pa ...
References
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1971 establishments in Sudan
Defunct nationalist parties
Defunct political parties in Sudan
Defunct socialist parties in Africa
Nationalist parties in Africa
Parties of one-party systems
Political parties disestablished in 1985
Political parties established in 1971
Socialist parties in Sudan