On 6 April 1985, Defence Minister Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab seized power from President Gaafar Nimeiry in a coup d'état. Not long after, on 30 June 1989, Lieutenant General Omar al-Bashir, with insti
Celebrations outside the Meridian Hotel in central Khartoum.
Numeri's face removed from a 25pt note.
Celebrations featuring the pre-Numeri (1969) national flag of Sudan.
Omar al-Bashir in 1989
Omar al-Bashir
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Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir is a Sudanese former military officer and politician who served as head of state of Sudan under various titles from 1989 until 2019, when he was deposed in a coup d'état. H
Republic of the Sudan (1985–2019)
…Minister Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab seized power from President Gaafar Nimeiry in a coup d'état. Not long after, on 30 June 1989, Lieutenant General Omar al-Bashir, with instigation and support from the National Islamic Front (NIF), overthrew the short lived government in a coup d'état where he ruled as president…
Al-Bashir in 2009
Omar al-Bashir (centre) and Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein (blue fatigue) in front of the Republican Palace after the coup
Al-Bashir and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick, 2005