Abdul Rahman Suwar al-Dahab

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Abdul Rahman Suwar al-Dahab was a Sudanese military officer who briefly led Sudan as head of state after a 1985 coup before overseeing a transition to civilian rule.

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Abdul Rahman Suwar al-Dahab canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
cameToPowerBy military coup ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Sudan ⓘ
coupAgainst Jaafar Nimeiry ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1934 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2018-10-18 ⓘ
education Military College in Khartoum ⓘ
military training in the United Kingdom ⓘ
military training in the United States ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ
familyName Suwar al-Dahab ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Abdul Rahman ⓘ
honorificTitle Field Marshal ⓘ
knownFor peaceful transfer of power ⓘ
leaderOf Transitional Military Council of Sudan ⓘ
leftOffice 1986 ⓘ
militaryRank Field Marshal ⓘ
name Abdul Rahman Suwar al-Dahab ⓘ
nationality Sudanese ⓘ
notableFor handing power to an elected civilian government ⓘ
leading 1985 Sudanese coup d'état ⓘ
occupation politician ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
oversaw transition to civilian rule in Sudan ⓘ
placeOfBirth Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ⓘ
Omdurman ⓘ
placeOfDeath Riyadh ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
positionHeld Chairman of the Transitional Military Council of Sudan ⓘ
Chief of Staff of the Sudanese Armed Forces ⓘ
Head of State of Sudan ⓘ
Minister of Defence of Sudan ⓘ
precededBy Jaafar Nimeiry ⓘ
region North Africa ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
residence Khartoum ⓘ
servedIn Sudanese Armed Forces ⓘ
serviceBranch Army ⓘ
succeededBy Ahmed al-Mirghani ⓘ
Sadiq al-Mahdi ⓘ
tookOffice 1985 ⓘ

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Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab → name → Abdul Rahman Suwar al-Dahab ⓘ
Abdul Rahman Suwar al-Dahab → name → Abdul Rahman Suwar al-Dahab ⓘ