National Congress Party

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The National Congress Party is a former ruling Islamist political party in Sudan that was led by longtime president Omar al-Bashir and dominated the country’s politics for decades until his ouster in 2019.

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instanceOf Islamist political party
political party
abbreviation NCP
accusedOf human rights abuses
press censorship
suppression of political opposition
war crimes in Darfur
associatedWith Rapid Support Forces (through regime security apparatus)
banDate 2019
bannedIn Sudan
cameToPowerThrough 1989 Sudanese coup d'état
color green
country Sudan
dateOfComingToPower 1989
dominatedPoliticsOf Sudan
endOfRuleMarkedBy 2019 Sudanese revolution
endTimeAsRulingParty 2019
foundedBy Hassan al-Turabi
Omar al-Bashir
governedAs de facto single-party regime
governedDuring Darfur conflict
Second Sudanese Civil War
hasLeader Omar al-Bashir
headquartersLocation Khartoum
ideology Islamism
authoritarianism
conservatism
pan-Arabism
implementedPolicy Islamization of Sudanese legal system
introduction of Sharia-based laws
one-party dominant system
inPowerUnderPresident Omar al-Bashir
languageOfName Arabic
linkedTo International Criminal Court indictment of Omar al-Bashir
lostPowerWhen Omar al-Bashir was ousted in April 2019
linked to: Omar al-Bashir
nativeName حزب المؤتمر الوطني
notableMember Ali Osman Taha
Bakri Hassan Saleh
Ibrahim Ghandour
Nafi Ali Nafi
Omar al-Bashir
originatedFrom National Islamic Front
politicalPosition right-wing
predecessor National Islamic Front
religion Sunni Islam
startTimeAsRulingParty 1989
supported security and intelligence dominance in politics
usedOrganization National Intelligence and Security Service (Sudan)
wasRulingPartyOf Sudan

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Omar al-Bashir politicalParty National Congress Party
National Congress Party (Sudan) nativeName حزب المؤتمر الوطني
subject linked to: National Congress Party
linked to: National Congress Party
National Islamic Front succeededBy National Congress Party
Sudanese Revolution 2018–2019 opposedTo National Congress Party
National Congress Party (Sudan) youthWing National Congress Party Youth
linked to: National Congress Party
National Congress Party (Sudan) nativeName حزب المؤتمر الوطني
linked to: National Congress Party
Sudanese Islamist movement hasPart National Congress Party
Sudanese Islamist movement controlledParty National Congress Party