Jaafar Nimeiry

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Jaafar Nimeiry was a Sudanese military officer and politician who ruled Sudan as president from 1969 to 1985, overseeing a turbulent period marked by coups, civil conflict, and shifting ideological alliances.

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instanceOf head of state
human
military officer
politician
president
alliance Sudanese Communist Party (early years)
cameToPowerBy military coup
causeOf abrogation of Addis Ababa Agreement
resumption of civil war in southern Sudan in 1983
conflict First Sudanese Civil War
Second Sudanese Civil War (early phase)
conflictWith Sudanese Communist Party (after 1971)
countryOfCitizenship Sudan
dateOfBirth 1930-01-01 (approximate widely cited year 1930)
dateOfDeath 2009-05-30
educatedAt Hantoub Secondary School
Sudan Military College
United States Army Command and General Staff College (Fort Leavenworth)
endTime 1985-04-06 (end of presidency)
ethnicGroup Arab Sudanese
foreignPolicy alignment with Egypt under Anwar Sadat
break with Soviet Union and Eastern bloc
rapprochement with the United States in late 1970s
ideology Arab nationalism
Islamism
socialism
implemented September Laws (Islamic legal code) in 1983
memberOf Sudanese Armed Forces
militaryRank colonel
notableWork May Revolution
officeContested President of Sudan (1986 attempt to return to power, unsuccessful)
overthrownIn 1985 Sudanese coup d’état
placeOfBirth Omdurman, Sudan
linked to: Omdurman
placeOfDeath Khartoum, Sudan
linked to: Khartoum
policy introduction of Islamic sharia law in Sudan (1983)
politicalMovement May Regime
positionHeld President of Sudan
reasonForEndOfTerm military coup
religion Islam
residence Khartoum
returnedFromExile Sudan in 1999
signed Addis Ababa Agreement (1972)
significantEvent 1969 Sudanese coup d’état
startTime 1969-05-25 (start of presidency)
supported Camp David Accords (indirectly via alliance with Egypt)
linked to: Camp David Accords
survived 1971 coup attempt by Communist officers
wentIntoExile Egypt (after 1985 coup)
linked to: Egypt

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