Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein
| Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein | |
|---|---|
| عبد الرحيم محمد حسين | |
| Governor of Khartoum State | |
| President | Omar al-Bashir |
| Minister of National Defense | |
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In office 22 September 2005 – 6 June 2015 |
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| President | Omar al-Bashir |
| Preceded by | Bakri Hassan Saleh |
| Succeeded by | Mustafa Osman Obeid Salim |
| Minister of Interior Affairs | |
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In office 18 January 1993 – 13 July 2005 |
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| President | Omar al-Bashir |
| Succeeded by | Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamad |
| Secretary-General of the Revolutionary Command Council | |
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In office 30 June 1989 – October 1993 |
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| President | Omar al-Bashir |
| Preceded by | Post created |
| Succeeded by | Post abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1949 (age 67–68) Dongola, Northern State, Sudan |
| Political party | National Congress |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Sudan
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| Service/branch |
 Sudanese Air Force
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| Years of service | 1960's - 1989 |
| Rank | Lt. Gen. |
Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein (1949 – present) (Arabic: عبد الرحيم محمد حسين) is a Sudanese politician and the current Governor of Khartoum State. Hussein was the served as the longstanding Minister of National Defense of The Republic of Sudan. Hussein also served for a period as the Minister of Interior Affairs. During his term as Minister of Interior Affairs, he opened the Rabat University. In later years, he was accused of supporting the janjaweed and committing war crimes, allegations he and the government both strongly deny.
Hussein was born in 1949 Dongola, part of Northern State, although other sources have placed his birth in or around Dankla in Karma city in Khartoum North. In 1964 he began his secondary education in Khartoum. It was here that he became an Islamist and also where he met and became close friends with Omar al-Bashir.
He joined the Sudanese Air Force in the 1960s, and became a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhoods military cell from the 1970s onwards. Hussein graduated from the prestigious Cranfield University in the United Kingdom with a master's degree in aeronautical engineering in 1982. He played a major role in the 1989 Sudanese coup d'état, and afterwards became Secretary-General of the Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation; the ruling authority of Sudan between 1989 and 1993.
Following the dissolution of the Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation he was appointed Minister of Interior Affairs by President Bashir, a position through which he dominated Sudan's internal security services. Whilst Interior Minister he was alleged to have worked directly with al-Qaeda during Osama bin Ladens time in Sudan from 1992 to 1996, and was alleged to have even provided al-Qaeda with sophisticated communications equipment.
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