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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Jaafar Nimeiry canonical 8

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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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