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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instanceOf Islamist political party
political party
abbreviation NCP NERFINISHED
accusedOf human rights abuses
press censorship
suppression of political opposition
war crimes in Darfur
associatedWith Rapid Support Forces (through regime security apparatus) NERFINISHED
banDate 2019
bannedIn Sudan NERFINISHED
cameToPowerThrough 1989 Sudanese coup d'état NERFINISHED
color green
country Sudan
dateOfComingToPower 1989
dominatedPoliticsOf Sudan NERFINISHED
endOfRuleMarkedBy 2019 Sudanese revolution NERFINISHED
endTimeAsRulingParty 2019
foundedBy Hassan al-Turabi NERFINISHED
Omar al-Bashir NERFINISHED
governedAs de facto single-party regime
governedDuring Darfur conflict NERFINISHED
Second Sudanese Civil War NERFINISHED
hasLeader Omar al-Bashir NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Khartoum NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
languageOfName Arabic
linkedTo International Criminal Court indictment of Omar al-Bashir
lostPowerWhen Omar al-Bashir was ousted in April 2019 NERFINISHED
nativeName حزب المؤتمر الوطني NERFINISHED
notableMember Ali Osman Taha NERFINISHED
Bakri Hassan Saleh NERFINISHED
Ibrahim Ghandour NERFINISHED
Nafi Ali Nafi NERFINISHED
Omar al-Bashir NERFINISHED
originatedFrom National Islamic Front NERFINISHED
politicalPosition right-wing
predecessor National Islamic Front NERFINISHED
religion Sunni Islam
startTimeAsRulingParty 1989
supported security and intelligence dominance in politics
usedOrganization National Intelligence and Security Service (Sudan) NERFINISHED
wasRulingPartyOf Sudan NERFINISHED

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Omar al-Bashir politicalParty National Congress Party