MILITARY PERSONNEL

Hemedti

1975 - Today

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Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (born 1974 or 1975), commonly known by the mononym Hemedti, is a Sudanese military officer and the current head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). A Janjaweed leader from the Rizeigat tribe in Darfur, he was the Deputy head of the Transitional Military Council (TMC) following the 2019 Sudanese coup d'état. Since 2013, Hemedti has commanded the RSF. He was considered by The Economist to be the most powerful person in Sudan as of early July 2019. On 21 August 2019, the TMC transferred power to the civilian–military Transitional Sovereignty Council, of which Hemedti is a member. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hemedti is the 1,854th most popular military personnel (up from 1,922nd in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Sudan (down from 26th in 2019) and the most popular Sudanese Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hemedti ranks 1,854 out of 2,058. Before him are Billy Bishop, Jonathan M. Wainwright, John Eisenhower, James Wilkinson, Afanasy Beloborodov, and George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan. After him are Richard Marcinko, Richard S. Ewell, George Crook, A. P. Hill, Miles Dempsey, and Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Hemedti ranks 162. Before him are Estas Tonne, Stefano Fiore, Russell Brand, Lou Bega, Eric Szmanda, and Hugh Dancy. After him are Mark Williams, Yoshie Kasajima, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Victoria Villarruel, Darude, and Jonah Lomu.

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In Sudan

Among people born in Sudan, Hemedti ranks 27 out of 38. Before him are Ahmed al-Mirghani (1941), Manute Bol (1962), Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf (1954), Babiker Awadalla (1917), Alexander Siddig (1965), and Mo Ibrahim (1946). After him are Salih Mahmoud Osman (1957), Abubaker Kaki Khamis (1989), Awadeya Mahmoud (1963), Almoez Ali (1996), Ismail Ahmed Ismail (1984), and Abdalelah Haroun (1997).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Sudan

Among military personnels born in Sudan, Hemedti ranks 1. 

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    Hemedti

    1975 - Present

    HPI: 54.73

    Rank: 1

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