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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jaafar Nimeiry canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
head of state
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human ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ president ⓘ |
| alliance | Sudanese Communist Party (early years) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cameToPowerBy | military coup ⓘ |
| causeOf |
abrogation of Addis Ababa Agreement
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resumption of civil war in southern Sudan in 1983 ⓘ |
| conflict |
First Sudanese Civil War
NERFINISHED
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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
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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
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break with Soviet Union and Eastern bloc ⓘ rapprochement with the United States in late 1970s ⓘ |
| ideology |
Arab nationalism
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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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