Gaafar Nimeiry
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Sudanese President (1931-2009)
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ja'far
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sudan
- Place of birth
- Omdurman
- Place of death
- Khartoum
- Occupation
- politician
- Political party
- National Congress Party
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Military branch
- Sudanese Armed Forces
- Military rank
- field marshal
- Image
- Gaafar Nimeiry exhib.jpg
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- Gaafar Nimeiry
- date of birth
- 1931-01-01
- date of death
- 2009-05-30
- name in native language
- جعفر نميري
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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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