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Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir

Omar al-Bashir
عمر البشير
Omar al-Bashir, 12th AU Summit, 090202-N-0506A-137.jpg
7th President of Sudan
Assumed office
30 June 1989
Prime Minister Bakri Hassan Saleh
Vice President Zubair Mohamed Salih
Ali Osman Taha
John Garang
Salva Kiir Mayardit
Ali Osman Taha
Bakri Hassan Saleh
Preceded by Ahmed al-Mirghani
Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation
In office
30 June 1989 – 16 October 1993
Succeeded by Himself as President
Personal details
Born Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir
(1944-01-01) 1 January 1944 (age 73)
Hosh Bannaga, Sudan
Political party National Congress
Spouse(s) Fatima Khalid
Widad Babiker Omer
Alma mater Egyptian Military Academy
Religion Islam
Military service
Allegiance  Sudan
 Egypt
Service/branch Sudanese Army
 Egyptian Army
Years of service 1960–present
Rank Field Marshal
Battles/wars First Sudanese Civil War
Yom Kippur War
Second Sudanese Civil War

Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir (Arabic: عمر حسن أحمد البشير‎‎; born 1 January 1944) is a Sudanese politician, the president of Sudan and head of the National Congress Party. He came to power in 1978 when, as a brigadier 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. Since then, he has been elected three times as President in elections that have been under scrutiny for corruption. In March 2009, al-Bashir became the first sitting president to be indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), for allegedly directing a campaign of mass killing, rape, and pillage against civilians in Darfur.

In October 2005, al-Bashir's government negotiated an end to the Second Sudanese civil war, leading to a referendum in the South, resulting in the separation of the south into the separate country of South Sudan. In the Darfur region, he oversaw the war in Darfur that has resulted in death tolls that are about 10,000 according to the Sudanese Government, but most sources suggest between 200,000 and 400,000. During his presidency, there have been several violent struggles between the Janjaweed militia and rebel groups such as the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in the form of guerrilla warfare in the Darfur region. The civil war has displaced over 2.5 million people out of a total population of 6.2 million in Darfur and has created a crisis in the diplomatic relations between Sudan and Chad. The rebels in Darfur lost the support from Libya after the death of Muammar Gaddafi and the collapse of his regime in 2011.


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