Conductor politician

Served as Sudan's head of state under various titles from 1989 until 2019, when he was deposed in a coup d'état

Subsequently incarcerated, tried and convicted on multiple corruption charges

Came to power in 1989 when, as a brigadier general in the Sudanese Army, he led a group of officers in a military coup that ousted the democratically elected government of prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi after it began negotiations with rebels in the south; he subsequently replaced President Ahmed al-Mirghani as head of state

Elected three times as president in elections that have been under scrutiny for electoral fraud

In 1992, al-Bashir founded the National Congress Party, which remained the dominant political party in the country until 2019

In March 2009, al-Bashir became the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), for allegedly directing a campaign of mass killing, rape, and pillage against civilians in Darfur

On 11 February 2020, the Government of Sudan announced that it had agreed to hand over al-Bashir to the ICC for trial