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Ministry of Defence (Sudan)

Ministry of Defence (Sudan)

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The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Sudan is the government ministry responsible for defence and the Sudanese Armed Forces.

History

After independence, Prime Minister Abdallah Khalil, secretary of the National Umma Party, served as Minister of Defence.[1]

The President of Sudan was responsible for appointing the Minister of Defence.

After the overthrow of General Ibrahim Abboud's regime in October 1964, Lieutenant General El Khawad Mohmamed was appointed as a member of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and commander-in-chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces.[2]

Then-Colonel Jaafar Nimeiri came to power in the 1969 Sudanese coup d'état. Khalid Hassan Abbas was appointed as Minister of Defense on 29 October 1969[3] following a cabinet reshuffle implemented to strengthen the army's control over the Sudanese government. Abbas was an anti-Mahdist and non-communist. As Defense Minister he, alongside Babiker, would push President Nimeiri to adopt a more aggressive response to the rising threat to the government posed by the Ansar movement, resulting in the brutal crackdown seen on Aba Island in 1970.[4] Abbas served as Defense Minister until 16 April 1972,[5] at which point Nimeiri took over the role.

U.S. personnel met Defence Minister General Abdul Majid Hamid Khalil (known in the Sudan as Abdul Majid) in 1979.[citation needed] Two days after the signing of the peace agreement between Ahmed al-Mirghani and John Garang on 16 November 1988, a Sudanese Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules carrying Abdul Majid from Wau to Khartoum, together with the Army Commander-in-Chief, General Fathi Ahmed Ali, was hit by a missile, knocking out one of its engines.[6] In January 1982, President Nimeiri again assumed the office himself after retiring Abdul Majid, who had been simultaneously First Vice President, Minister of Defence, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and secretary-general of the single ruling Sudanese Socialist Union party.[7]

Nimeiri had served himself as Minister of Defence for long stretches in 1972-73 (promoted himself General in 1973), 1975–76, and 1978-79 after retiring other ministers. From 1976-78, the Minister of Defence has usually held the rank of General, when Bashir Mohamed Ali held the position.[8]

Since the accession of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan, the effective commander-in-chief of the armed forces is Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, former head of the Transitional Military Council.

Ministers of Defence

Ministers of Defence have included:[9]

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References

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    https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:275754/FULLTEXT01.pdf, p.17
  2. [2]
    Reuters, The New Africans, Paul Hamlyn, London, 1967, 414.
  3. [3]
    "عن الوزارة". mod.gov.sd. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  4. [4]
    Collins, Robert O. (2008). A History of Modern Sudan. Cambridge University Press. p. 98. ISBN 9780521858205.
  5. [5]
    International Who's Who 1972-73
  6. [6]
    Mansour Khalid, "War and Peace in the Sudan," Routledge 2012, 184, 186.
  7. [7]
    Nelson, Harold D., ed. (1982). Sudan, a country study. Vol. 550, no. 27. Library of Congress Country Studies. Headquarters, Department of the Army. pp. 260, 266.
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    Country Study 1982, 266.
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    "Example of Section Blog layout (FAQ section)". Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
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    Note that Biel, Melha Rout (2008). Elite im Sudan: Bedeutung, Einfluss und Verantwortung (in German). Peter Lang. ISBN 978-3-631-5711-56. appears to give a less correct appointment date as Minister of Defence in 1984.
  11. [11]
    de Waal, "Real Politics of the Horn of Africa," 76; Salmon, "Popular Defence Forces," 2007, 12.
  12. [12]
    Note that Othman is listed as a retired General, independent from any party, as part of the Fifth Council of Ministers in Lesch, Ann Mosely (1998). The Sudan: Contested National Identities. James Currey Publishers. p. 225. ISBN 9780852558232.
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    Coup announcement and assumption of role as Minister of Defence by Brigadier al-Bashir cited in Cowell, Alan (1 July 1989). "Military Coup in Sudan Ousts Civilian Regime". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 July 2008.
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    "SCIO Sudan Monthly Report Mar 1999 - Sudan". ReliefWeb. 15 March 1999. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
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    "Sudan Update Vol 10 No 8". Sudan Update. 5 May 1999. ISSN 1352-0393.
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    "Sudan changes ministers of defence, foreign affairs, oil". Ynetnews. 6 June 2015.
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    "Sudan's ruling party accuses SPLM-N of succumbing to foreign powers". 25 January 2016.
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    "Sudan changes ministers of defence, foreign affairs, oil". Ynetnews. Reuters. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
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    "من هو وزير الدفاع السوداني الجديد : الفريق أول ركن مهندس / مصطفى عثمان عبيد سالم - سودافاكس". 9 June 2015.
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    "Sudan appoints new defence minister". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
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    "Sudan military vows to reform intelligence service amid protests". Aljazeera. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  22. [22]
    "Sudan defence minister dies of heart attack in South Sudan". Al Jazeera. 25 March 2020.
  23. [23]
    "Sudan's ruling council appoints new defense minister".
  24. [24]
    https://www.darfur24.com/en/2020/06/02/sudan-appoints-new-defense-minister/
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