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Gaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry (otherwise spelled in English as Jaafar Nimeiry, Gaafar Nimeiry or Ga'far Muhammad Numayri; ; 1 January 193030 May 2009) was the President of Sudan from 1969 to 1985. A military officer, he came to power after a military coup in 1969. With his party, the Sudanese Socialist Union, he initially pursued socialist and Pan-Arabist policies. In 1972 he signed the Addis Ababa Agreement, ending the First Sudanese Civil War. He later became an ally of the United States. In the late 1970s he moved towards Islamism, and in 1983 he imposed Sharia law throughout the country, precipitating the Second Sudanese Civil War. He was ousted from power in 1985 and went to exile in Egypt. He returned in 1999 and ran in the Presidential elections in 2000, but did poorly.

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  • Gaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry (otherwise spelled in English as Jaafar Nimeiry, Gaafar Nimeiry or Ga'far Muhammad Numayri; ; 1 January 193030 May 2009) was the President of Sudan from 1969 to 1985. A military officer, he came to power after a military coup in 1969. With his party, the Sudanese Socialist Union, he initially pursued socialist and Pan-Arabist policies. In 1972 he signed the Addis Ababa Agreement, ending the First Sudanese Civil War. He later became an ally of the United States. In the late 1970s he moved towards Islamism, and in 1983 he imposed Sharia law throughout the country, precipitating the Second Sudanese Civil War. He was ousted from power in 1985 and went to exile in Egypt. He returned in 1999 and ran in the Presidential elections in 2000, but did poorly.
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  • 1969-05-25(xsd:date)
Birth Date
  • 1930-01-01(xsd:date)
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Name
  • Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiry
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  • *Sudanese Socialist Union *Alliance of the Peoples' Working Forces
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  • Wad Nubawi Omdurman, Khartoum State
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  • 1985-04-06(xsd:date)
death date
  • 2009-05-30(xsd:date)
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  • 4(xsd:integer)
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  • Gaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry (otherwise spelled in English as Jaafar Nimeiry, Gaafar Nimeiry or Ga'far Muhammad Numayri; ; 1 January 193030 May 2009) was the President of Sudan from 1969 to 1985. A military officer, he came to power after a military coup in 1969. With his party, the Sudanese Socialist Union, he initially pursued socialist and Pan-Arabist policies. In 1972 he signed the Addis Ababa Agreement, ending the First Sudanese Civil War. He later became an ally of the United States. In the late 1970s he moved towards Islamism, and in 1983 he imposed Sharia law throughout the country, precipitating the Second Sudanese Civil War. He was ousted from power in 1985 and went to exile in Egypt. He returned in 1999 and ran in the Presidential elections in 2000, but did poorly.
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