Omar al-Bashir
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Demographics
Gender Male
Birth Name Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir [عمر البشير]
Birthplace Hosh Bannaga, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Birth Date January 1, 1944
Ethnicity East African
Overview Sudanese Arab
Nationality Sudanese
Career Politician, military officer
Color Season Dark Autumn
Notes and Motifs
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
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