| 6th edition, 2005, Bogdan Szajkowski ed | He ran unsuccessfully for the , pledging not to hand Bashir to the to face charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes on the grounds that it would destabilise the country |
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| 1989 coup and afterwards [ ] Mahdi in 2015 Sadiq continued to lead the Umma Party in like Omer Bashir after being ousted | Second term as Prime Minister 1986—1989 [ ] Main article: After the , Sadiq formed a coalition government comprising the Umma Party which he led ; the led by his brother-in-law, ; the led by ; and four small Southern parties |
1955-1972 between North and South Sudan• Politics See also [ ]• On 30 June 1989, his government was overthrown in led by Brigadier.
26| He was also the paternal uncle of Sudanese-British actor | In May 2019, Sadiq announced his retirement from electoral politics |
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| From abroad, Sadiq formed an opposition organization known as the National Front | These proposals were unpopular with many educated Sudanese civilians and army officers |
After the attack on in March 1970, Sadiq was imprisoned repeatedly by Nimeiry, finally going into exile in 1974.
25| , John Harper, , p | Personal life [ ] Sadiq al-Mahdi was born on 25 December 1935 in Al-Abasya, , |
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| , Reuters, 26 January 2017 | As a former head of government, he joined the |
He was the paternal grandson of Sayyid , founder of the Umma Party, and great-grandson of , the Sudanese of the and who led the to reclaim Sudan from Anglo-Egyptian rule.
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