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Omar al-Bashir

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Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir (born 1 January 1944) is a Sudanese former military officer and politician who served as Sudan's head of state under various titles from 1989 until 2019, when he was deposed in a coup d'état. He was subsequently incarcerated, tried and convicted on multiple corruption charges. Al-Bashir 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. He was elected three times as president in elections that have been under scrutiny for electoral fraud. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Omar al-Bashir is the 511th most popular politician (up from 2,419th in 2019), the most popular biography from Sudan (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Sudanese Politician.

Omar al-Bashir is the president of Sudan and has been since 1989. He is most famous for being the president of Sudan and for being wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Omar al-Bashir ranks 511 out of 19,576. Before him are Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Tolui, Kocheril R. Narayanan, Arcadius, Razia Sultana, and Eduard Shevardnadze. After him are Jawaharlal Nehru, Józef Piłsudski, Kangxi Emperor, Djoser, Hideki Tojo, and Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Omar al-Bashir ranks 5. Before him are Danny DeVito, Gerhard Schröder, Jeff Beck, and Michael Douglas. After him are George Lucas, Ban Ki-moon, Barry White, John Holmes, Alexander Van der Bellen, Sebastião Salgado, and Jairzinho.

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In Sudan

Among people born in Sudan, Omar al-Bashir ranks 1 out of 38. After him are Luqman (-1100), Mohamed Naguib (1901), Muhammad Ahmad (1844), Piye (-800), Josephine Bakhita (1868), Gaafar Nimeiry (1930), Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (1960), John Garang (1945), Osman Hussein (1951), Abdalla Hamdok (1956), and Tayeb Salih (1929).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sudan

Among politicians born in Sudan, Omar al-Bashir ranks 1. After him are Mohamed Naguib (1901), Piye (-800), Gaafar Nimeiry (1930), Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (1960), John Garang (1945), Osman Hussein (1951), Abdalla Hamdok (1956), Ibrahim Abboud (1900), Hassan Al-Turabi (1932), Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1846), and Ismail al-Azhari (1901).

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