Gaafar Nimeiry
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Gaafar Nimeiry

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Date of birthJanuary 1, 1930
Place of birthWad Nubawi Omdurman, Khartoum State
Date of deathMay 30, 2009(age 79)
Place of deathKhartoum
Political partySudanese Socialist Union (while in power)
Alliance of the Peoples' Working Forces (after return from exile, merged with NCP) National Congress Party (NCP)
5th President of the Sudan
In office1969 - 1985
Succeeded byAbdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab
Preceded byIsmail al-Azhari

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Gaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry (otherwise spelled in English as Jaafar Nimeiry, Gaafar Nimeiry or Ga'far Muhammad an-Numayri; 1 January 1930 � 30 May 2009) ( ) was the President of Sudan from 1969 to 1985. He was born in Wad Nubawi Omdurman in central Sudan, and was the son of a postman and the great grandson of a local tribal leader from the Wad Nimeiry region in Dongola, ash-Shamaliyah the Northern State.

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Presidents of Sudan

Sovereignty Council (1956 �58) * Abboud � * Al-Khalifa* * Sovereignty Council (1964 �65) * Sovereignty Council (June �July 1965) * al-Azhari * Nimeiry � * al-Dahab � * al-Mirghani * al-Bashir �
* acting � military

Prime Ministers of Sudan

al-Azhari * Khalil * Abboud � * Al-Khalifa * Mahgoub * al-Mahdi * Mahgoub * Awadalla * Nimeiry * Bakr * Nimeiry * Daf'allah * al-Mahdi * office abolished, 1989
� military

Chairpersons of the Organization of African Unity and the African Union (AU)

Selassie * Nasser * Nkrumah * Ankrah * Selassie * Mobutu * Boumédienne * Ahidjo * Kaunda * Daddah * Hassan II * Gowon * Barre * Amin * Ramgoolam * Bongo * Nimeiry * Tolbert * Senghor * Stevens * Moi * Mengistu * Nyerere * Diouf * Nguesso * Kaunda * Traoré * Mubarak * Museveni * Babangida * Diouf * Mubarak * Ben Ali * Meles * Biya * Mugabe * Compaoré * Bouteflika * Eyadéma * Chiluba * Mwanawasa * Mbeki * Chissano * Obasanjo * Nguesso * Kufuor * Kikwete * al-Gaddafi * Mutharika |



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