National_Revolutionary_Command_Council_(Sudan)

National Revolutionary Command Council (Sudan)

National Revolutionary Command Council (Sudan)

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The Revolutionary Command Council was the body that ruled Sudan after the coup d'état in May 1969. It was disbanded in October 1971.

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Initially Babiker Awadalla, a lawyer, served as Premier, but was then moved by Maj-Gen Gaafar Nimeiry to become deputy chair of the council on 26 November 1969.[1] Joseph Garang, a southerner, was also on the council in its initial days.

Members (in 1970)

The other members (1970) were as follows:[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    OBallance 1977, p. 104-5.
  2. [2]
    The Europa World Year Book 1970
  • O'Ballance, Edgar (1977). The Secret War in the Sudan: 1955–1972. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-10768-0.


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