Babiker Awadalla

Babiker Awadalla
بابكر عوض الله
Awadalla in the 1960s
Prime Minister of Sudan
In office May 25, 1969 – October 27, 1969
President	Gaafar Nimeiry
Preceded by	Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub
Succeeded by	Gaafar Nimeiry
Personal details
Born	(1917-03-02)March 2, 1917 Gitena,White Nile, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Died	2016 (aged 99) Egypt
Political party	Independent
Religion	Sunni Islam

Babiker Awadalla (Arabic: بابكر عوض الله‎‎; 2 March 1917 – 2016) was a Sudanese Arab nationalist politician who was Prime Minister from 25 May 1969 to 27 October 1969. He later lived in Egypt where he died in 2016 at the age of 99.

Awadalla was born in the White Nile State on 2 March 1917. In 1940, he graduated from the Gordon Memorial College law school.

He held the position of Speaker of the Parliament from 1954 to 1957. In 1964, he provided the drive to start the October Revolution by siding against the military in charge of Sudan. After the revolution, he became Sudan's Chief Justice in 1964. In 1967, Awadalla resigned from his position as Chief Justice in protest of the government's refusal to reinstate the Sudanese Communist Party, which the court had held to be unconstitutionally banned from parliament.

Awadalla was part of the coup of May 1969 that started Gaafar Nimeiry's presidency.

In Gaafar Nimeiry's military cabinet, Awadalla was the only civilian member in Nimeiry's governing council. Awadalla was selected as both Prime Minister and Foreign Minister on 25 May 1969. His position as Prime Minister ended on 27 October 1969 and he kept his position as Foreign Minister until 1971. After finishing his previous positions, Awadalla held the positions of Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister in 1971. The following year, he was Sudan's Vice President from 1972 to 1973.

During an General Assembly meeting on 23 September 1969, Awadalla warned that the United States's decision of supporting Israel during the Arab-Israel conflict could provoke the usage of nuclear weapons in the Middle East.