Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ( Arabic: عبد الفتاح عبد الرحمن البرهان ; July 4, 1960 [1] 1960 , Kundato , Nile , Sudan ) - Sudanese statesman, politician and military figure . Chairman of the Transitional Military Council of the Sudan (April 12 - August 21, 2019), Chairman of the Sovereign Council of the Sudan from August 21, 2019, de facto head of state.
| Abdel Fattah al-Burhan | |||||||
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| عبد الفتاح عبد الرحمن البرهان | |||||||
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| Predecessor | he himself (as Chairman of the PVA) | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Ahmed Awad ibn Auf | ||||||
| Successor | he himself (as Chairman of the Sovereign Council) | ||||||
| Birth | July 4, 1960 (aged 59) | ||||||
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| Activities | military | ||||||
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| Rank | lieutenant general | ||||||
Content
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 The early years
- 1.2 Military service
- 1.3 2019 Coup
- 1.4 The Khartoum Massacre
- 1.5 Sovereign advice
- 2 Personal life
- 3 notes
Biography
Early years
Al-Burhan studied at the Sudanese military school. Later, he also studied abroad - in Egypt and Jordan [2] .
Military Service
He led the Sudanese contingent in Yemen , as part of a coalition operation led by Saudi Arabia against the Hussite rebels [1] .
Former chief of staff of the ground forces, since February 2019 - chief inspector of the armed forces [3] .
2019 Coup
Local media believe that it was al-Burhan who stood behind the coup and arrest of President al-Bashir [4] .
Khartoum Massacre
In early June 2019, after the visits of al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan “Hemeti” Dagalo to Egypt , the UAE and Saudi Arabia , the Sudanese security forces and quick support forces, including Janjaweed militias, were ordered to suppress peaceful protests in Sudan. What happened on June 3 in Khartoum was called the Khartoum massacre [5] [6] . Dozens of peaceful demonstrators were killed and about forty bodies were thrown into the Nile River, hundreds were tortured, abused and raped in the streets of Khartoum [7] .
Al-Burhan’s negotiations with the opposition to form a united government were canceled. In the following days, the PVS arrested several opposition leaders [8] [9] .
Iyad al-Baghdadi interpreted the decision of the PVA, led by al-Burhan to suppress, as being strongly influenced by the general context in which the leaders of Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt were afraid of democratic movements [10] . Mahmoud Elmutasim, a political activist who graduated from Khartoum University, also said that Saudi Arabia and the UAE are opposed to the existence of democracies in the Middle East, because if “the very idea of democracy is rooted or widespread in the Middle East,” then it will become a threat to ruling regimes Saudi Arabia and the UAE [11] .
Sovereign Council
On August 21, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan took the oath before the head of the Supreme Court of the country, assuming the office of chairman of the Sovereign Council of Sudan, an agreement on the creation of which was signed with the opposition on August 17 [12] .
Personal life
Married, has three children [13] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Kusov V.G. Abdel Fattah Burhan: Head of State of Sudan, biography and government . Rulers of Africa: XXI Century . Rulers of Africa: XXI Century. Date of treatment April 17, 2019.
- ↑ Sudan's Burhan, from relative unknown to regional player
- ↑ Sudanese Minister of Defense resigned as head of the Military Council
- ↑ The army in Sudan has deposed the president and is trying to establish dialogue with the country
- ↑ Sudan crisis: 40 bodies pulled from Nile, opposition says
- ↑ Sudan paramilitaries threw dead protesters into Nile, doctors say
- ↑ Sudan military offers talks after allegedly killing 100 protesters
- ↑ 2 Sudan rebel leaders arrested after peace talks with Ethiopian PM
- ↑ 'Bloody massacre': Sudan forces kill at least 35, protesters say
- ↑ The Princes Who Want to Destroy Any Hope for Arab Democracy
- ↑ Chaos reigns in Sudan as military clings to power amid information blackout
- ↑ Abdel Fattah al-Burhan took the oath as head of the Sovereign Council of Sudan
- ↑ Sudan's Burhan, from relative unknown to regional player