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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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ