Gaafar Nimeiry
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Sudanese President (1931-2009)
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Gaafar Nimeiry (1931–2009) was a Sudanese politician and field marshal in the Sudanese Armed Forces. Born in Omdurman, he died in Khartoum. He was a member of the Sudanese Socialist Union and the National Congress Party. Nimeiry was educated at the United States Army Command and General Staff College.
He spoke Arabic and practiced Sunni Islam. His given name was Ja'far, and his name in native script is جعفر نميري.
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5 total works indexed
- Randomized Phase III Study of Cisplatin With or Without Raltitrexed in Patients With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: An Intergroup Study of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Lung Cancer Group and the National Cancer Institute of Canada
· 2005 · cited 520x
- Gout: An old disease in new perspective – A review
· 2017 · cited 464x
- Surgical site infection after gastrointestinal surgery in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: a prospective, international, multicentre cohort study
· 2018 · cited 378x
- Three-Arm Randomized Study of Two Cisplatin-Based Regimens and Paclitaxel Plus Gemcitabine in Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Phase III Trial of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Lung Cancer Group—EORTC 08975
· 2003 · cited 292x
- Global variation in postoperative mortality and complications after cancer surgery: a multicentre, prospective cohort study in 82 countries
· 2021 · cited 284x
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Key facts
- Deputy
- Babiker Awadalla
- Preceded by
- Ismail al-Azhari (Prime Minister)
- Succeeded by
- Himself (President)
- Vice president
- First Vice Presidents Abel Alier Mohamed Al-Baghir Ahmed Abu el-Qassim Mohamad Ibrahim Abdul Majid Hamid Khalil Omar Muhammad al-Tayib
- President
- Himself
- Born
- ( 1930-01-01 ) 1 January 1930, Wad Nubawi, Omdurman , Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
- Died
- 30 May 2009 (2009-05-30) (aged 79), Omdurman, Sudan
- Party
- Sudanese Socialist Union (while in power) Alliance of the Peoples' Working Forces (after return from exile)
- Allegiance
- Sudan
- Branch service
- Sudanese Army
- Years of service
- 1952–1985
- Rank
- Field Marshal
- Commands
- Sudanese Armed Forces
- Battles wars
- First Sudanese Civil War , Second Sudanese Civil War
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Encyclopedic overview
Gaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry (also spelled Jaafar Nimeiry, or Ja'far Muhammad Numayri; Arabic: جعفر محمد النميري, romanized: Jaʿfar Muḥammad an-Numayrī; 1 January 1930 – 30 May 2009) was a Sudanese military officer, politician, and revolutionary who served as the head of state of Sudan from 1969 to 1985, first as Chairman of the National Revolutionary Command Council and then as President.
A devout Muslim and military officer, Nimeiry came to power after leading a military coup in 1969. He established a one-party state, with his Sudanese Socialist Union (SSU) acting as the sole legal political entity. He began his rule as a left-wing admirer of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, pursuing socialist and Pan-Arabist policies. However, after surviving a communist-backed coup attempt in 1971 – with the crucial intervention of Libya's Muammar Gaddafi – Nimeiry systematically smashed both leftist and religious insurrections. He drastically shifted his policies to the right, breaking ties with the Soviet Union to forge new relations with Mao Zedong's China and ultimately becoming a close ally of the United States.
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