Gaafar Nimeiry

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Gaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry (otherwise spelled in English as Jaafar Nimeiry Gaafar Nimeiry or Ga’far Muhammad Numayri; Arabic: جعفر محمد نميري‎; 1 January 1930 – 30 May 2009) was the President of Sudan from 1969 to 1985. A military officer he came to power after a military coup in 1969. With his party the Sudanese Socialist Union he initially pursued socialist and Pan-Arabist policies. In 1972 he signed the Addis Ababa Agreement ending the First Sudanese Civil War.

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active years end date

1985-04-06

active years start date

1969-05-25

birth date

1930-01-01

birth place

Khartoum (state), Omdurman

death date

2009-05-30

death place

Khartoum (state)

order in office

4th President of the Sudan

party

National Congress (Sudan), Sudanese Socialist Union, Alliance_of_the_Peoples'_Working_Forces