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    Gaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry (otherwise spelled in English as Gaafar Nimeiry, Jaafar Nimeiry, or Ja'far Muhammad Numayri; Arabic: جعفر محمد النميري; 1 January...
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    but Sadiq lost his own seat to a candidate from Mahgoub's faction. Jaafar Nimeiry took power in Sudan through a coup on 25 May 1969. After the attack...
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    Khartoum. It was selected for construction by the president of Sudan Jaafar Nimeiry. The mosque was completed in 1984. Lists of mosques List of mosques...
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    Babkir Elnour and Hashem al Atta – were executed, and the party was officially banned. The party resurfaced after Nimeiry was overthrown in 1985. The...
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    the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and was briefly government minister Gaafar Nimeiry (1930-2009), President of Sudan Xhafer Bej Ypi (1880–1940), Albanian politician...
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    diplomatic farewell to Elizabeth II, Al-Khalifa returned to Khartoum in the beginning of June 1969. In 1973, Nimeiry appointed Al-Khalifa as Minister of Education...
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    Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre met in Jeddah. Sudanese President Jaafar Nimeiry and King Khalid met in Ta'if on 2 August 1977. King Khalid's next visitors...
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    Hamadallah and Babikir al-Nour. They were extradited back to Khartoum, where they were promptly executed by Sudanese leader Jaafar Nimeiry. In February 1972...
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    In early 1972, Gaafar Nimeiry visited Saudi Arabia and engaged in dialogue with Sharif Hussein al-Hindi, the opposition leader, at the request of King...
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  • beginning of Nimeiry's 16 year rule. 19 July 1971: Major Hashem al Atta, briefly ousted President Jaafar Nimeiry but lacked support. Nimeiry's loyalists...
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    the English city of Folkestone. In 1978, Kigab was order by President Nimeiry to cross the English Channel, but he gave up 2 miles (3.2 km) from the...
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    established the National Revolutionary Command Council, chaired by Jaafar Nimeiry. Nimeiry, the leader of the newly formed Sudanese Socialist Union, assumed...
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    February 1972. In a surprise, al-Baghir submitted his resignation from all his positions to President Jaafar Nimeiry. al-Baghir had a fondness for horses...
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  • however, pressure began to build to change the legal system. By the time Jaafar Nimeiry seized power in 1969, a commission had been working on recommendations...
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  • Gaafar Nimeiry sought "national reconciliation" and integrated Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi and Al-Turabi into the Sudanese Socialist Union's political bureau. Al-Turabi...
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  • 1950) Gaafar Nimeiry (1930–2009) Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (1934–2018) Omar al-Bashir (b. 1944) List of Swedish field marshals Husni al-Za'im (1897–1949)...
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  • attempts at an empire. In 1972, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi felt that Jaafar Nimeiry of Sudan had betrayed the Arab cause by signing the 1972 Addis Ababa...
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    40-mm guns. On 25 May 1969, several young officers, led by Colonel Jaafar Nimeiry, seized power in a military coup, thus bringing the army into political...
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    you need to know". Al Jazeera. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2023. "Niger's Bazoum 'held by guards' in apparent coup attempt". Al Jazeera. 26 July 2023...
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    prime minister Ismail al-Azhari. Dissatisfaction culminated in a coup d'état on 25 May 1969. The coup leader, Col. Gaafar Nimeiry, became prime minister...
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    House of Representatives until the 1969 coup, he was later detained by Jaafar Nimeiry. Majok retired from politics in 1971, managing the Yirol Oil Factory...
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  •  Spain: Gregorio López-Bravo (Foreign Minister)  Sudan: Jaafar Nimeiry (President)  Syria: Nureddin al-Atassi (President)  Tanzania: Julius Nyerere (President)...
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  • later became the General Director of the Sudanese Tourism Corporation. Jaafar Nimeiry was accused of leading the armoured corps to support the coup. As a...
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    Communist Party until his death by execution in Khartum during the Gaafar Nimeiry regime. Following his execution Muhammad Ibrahim Nugud became the leader...
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    short-lived coup of Major Hashim Al-Atta and a counter-coup, the Sudanese authorities of the general Jaafar Nimeiry accused el-Sheikh and other representatives...
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    befriended some of the future Sudanese leaders like Jaafar Nimeiry, Sadiq Al-Mahdi and Hassan Al-Turabi. Abdirahman excelled both in sports (especially...
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    legal party from 1971 until 1985, when the regime of President Gaafar Nimeiry was overthrown in a military coup. Today the Sudanese Socialist Democratic...
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    A referendum on the presidency of Jaafar Nimeiry was held in Sudan on 15 September 1971. It came after Nimeiry was overthrown in a Communist coup in July...
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    Khalwa (school) (redirect from Al-Khalwa)
    Accomplishment by President Jaafar Nimeiry. Although all khalawi in Sudan teach in a very traditional way, the khalwa of sheikh Al-Sadiq Khaled in Omdurman...
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    successive presidents Ismail Al-Azhari, Ibrahim Abboud, Jaafar Al-Numeiri, Abd Al-Rahman Suwar Al-Dahab, Ahmed Al-Mirghani, and Omar Al-Bashir. It is located...
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