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Sadiq al-Mahdi

1935 - 2020

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Sadiq al-Mahdi (Arabic: الصادق المهدي, romanized: aṣ-Ṣādiq al-Mahdī; 25 December 1935 – 26 November 2020), also known as Sadiq as-Siddiq, was a Sudanese political and religious figure who was Prime Minister of Sudan from 1966 to 1967 and again from 1986 to 1989. He was head of the National Umma Party and Imam of the Ansar, a Sufi order that pledges allegiance to Muhammad Ahmad (1844–1885), who claimed to be the Mahdi, the messianic saviour of Islam. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sadiq al-Mahdi is the 11,147th most popular politician (up from 14,119th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Sudan (up from 23rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Sudanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sadiq al-Mahdi ranks 11,147 out of 19,576. Before him are Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales, Kálmán Tisza, Antti Rinne, Rodrigo Borja Cevallos, Nikolay Rumyantsev, and Georges Marchais. After him are Sucheta Kriplani, Prince Christoph of Hesse, Ghazi Muhammad, Dom Mintoff, Marie I, Countess of Boulogne, and Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Sadiq al-Mahdi ranks 197. Before him are Bobby Morrow, Milena Vukotic, Jack Welch, Yıldırım Akbulut, Rodrigo Borja Cevallos, and Katalin Szőke. After him are Juan Bautista Agüero, Zeev Sternhell, Nicola Cabibbo, Nabil Elaraby, Seymour Cassel, and Tom Atkins. Among people deceased in 2020, Sadiq al-Mahdi ranks 245. Before him are Bobby Morrow, Éva Székely, Silvio Marzolini, Tarun Gogoi, Jack Welch, and Ken Shimura. After him are Park Won-soon, David Stern, Nur Hassan Hussein, Stuart Whitman, Italo De Zan, and Ann E. Todd.

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In Sudan

Among people born in Sudan, Sadiq al-Mahdi ranks 19 out of 38. Before him are Gabriel Zubeir Wako (1941), Ibrahim Abboud (1900), Hassan Al-Turabi (1932), Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1846), Mahmoud Mohammed Taha (1909), and Ismail al-Azhari (1901). After him are Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (1934), Ahmed al-Mirghani (1941), Manute Bol (1962), Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf (1954), Babiker Awadalla (1917), and Alexander Siddig (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sudan

Among politicians born in Sudan, Sadiq al-Mahdi ranks 13. Before him are Osman Hussein (1951), Abdalla Hamdok (1956), Ibrahim Abboud (1900), Hassan Al-Turabi (1932), Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1846), and Ismail al-Azhari (1901). After him are Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (1934), Ahmed al-Mirghani (1941), Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf (1954), and Babiker Awadalla (1917).

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