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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instanceOf head of state
human
military officer
politician
president
alliance Sudanese Communist Party (early years) NERFINISHED
cameToPowerBy military coup
causeOf abrogation of Addis Ababa Agreement
resumption of civil war in southern Sudan in 1983
conflict First Sudanese Civil War NERFINISHED
Second Sudanese Civil War (early phase) NERFINISHED
conflictWith Sudanese Communist Party (after 1971) NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Sudan NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1930-01-01 (approximate widely cited year 1930)
dateOfDeath 2009-05-30
educatedAt Hantoub Secondary School NERFINISHED
Sudan Military College NERFINISHED
United States Army Command and General Staff College (Fort Leavenworth) NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
socialism
implemented September Laws (Islamic legal code) in 1983
memberOf Sudanese Armed Forces NERFINISHED
militaryRank colonel
notableWork May Revolution NERFINISHED
officeContested President of Sudan (1986 attempt to return to power, unsuccessful)
overthrownIn 1985 Sudanese coup d’état NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Omdurman, Sudan NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Khartoum, Sudan NERFINISHED
policy introduction of Islamic sharia law in Sudan (1983)
politicalMovement May Regime NERFINISHED
positionHeld President of Sudan NERFINISHED
reasonForEndOfTerm military coup
religion Islam
residence Khartoum NERFINISHED
returnedFromExile Sudan in 1999
signed Addis Ababa Agreement (1972) NERFINISHED
significantEvent 1969 Sudanese coup d’état NERFINISHED
startTime 1969-05-25 (start of presidency)
supported Camp David Accords (indirectly via alliance with Egypt) NERFINISHED
survived 1971 coup attempt by Communist officers
wentIntoExile Egypt (after 1985 coup) NERFINISHED

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Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab precededBy Jaafar Nimeiry