Transitional Military Council of Sudan

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collegial body military junta transitional government

The Transitional Military Council of Sudan was the short-lived military junta that governed Sudan following the 1985 overthrow of President Jaafar Nimeiry, overseeing the country’s transition toward civilian rule.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Transitional Military Council (Sudan)	1
Transitional Military Council of Sudan canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	collegial body ⓘ military junta ⓘ transitional government ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Republic of the Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
cameToPowerBy	military coup d’état ⓘ
capital	Khartoum NERFINISHED ⓘ
committedTo	holding multi-party elections ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	suspended prior constitution and ruled by decree ⓘ
country	Sudan ⓘ
coupOverthrew	President Jaafar Nimeiry NERFINISHED ⓘ
duration	about one year ⓘ
endCause	transfer of power to elected civilian government ⓘ
endTime	1986 ⓘ May 1986 ⓘ
executiveBranch	Transitional Military Council itself NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Sadiq al-Mahdi government NERFINISHED ⓘ Transitional civilian government of Sudan (1985–1986) NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Jaafar Nimeiry NERFINISHED ⓘ May Regime NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	military-led transitional authority ⓘ
hasChairperson	Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGoal	organizing democratic elections ⓘ transition to civilian rule ⓘ
hasMember	Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab NERFINISHED ⓘ Fadlallah Burma Nasir NERFINISHED ⓘ Omar al-Tayeb NERFINISHED ⓘ other senior Sudanese military officers ⓘ
hasPolicy	dissolution of the ruling Sudanese Socialist Union ⓘ lifting of some political restrictions ⓘ suspension of the 1973 constitution ⓘ
hasRole	de facto government of Sudan ⓘ head of state of Sudan ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed	Arabic ⓘ
legislativeBody	Transitional Military Council itself NERFINISHED ⓘ
locationOfFormation	Khartoum NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	overseeing transition from Nimeiry’s authoritarian rule to elected civilian government ⓘ
partOf	Sudanese Revolution of 1985 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudanese political history ⓘ
precededBy	Jaafar Nimeiry NERFINISHED ⓘ May Regime NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionInGovernment	Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaces	Jaafar Nimeiry government NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudan under Nimeiry NERFINISHED ⓘ presidency of Jaafar Nimeiry ⓘ
significantEvent	1985 Sudanese coup d’état NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1985 ⓘ 6 April 1985 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab → headOfGovernment → Transitional Military Council of Sudan ⓘ

Abdalla Hamdok → appointedBy → Transitional Military Council of Sudan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Transitional Military Council (Sudan)