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Gaafar Muhammad al-Nimeiry Gaafar Muhammad al-Nimeiry
Omar Hassan al-Bashir Omar Hassan al-Bashir

Gaafar Muhammad al-Nimeiry

Gaafar Muhammad al-Nimeiry
Elected president of the Sudan in 1971, Gaafar Muhammad al-Nimeiry ended a civil war but failed to improve his country’s economic woes. He was ousted from office in 1985 in a military coup.
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