Sadiq al-Mahdi
Sadiq al-Mahdi (Arabic: الصادق المهدي, romanized: aṣ-Ṣādiq al-Mahdī; 25 December 1935 – 26 November 2020), also known as Sadiq as-Siddiq, was a Sudanese political and religious figure who was Prime Minister of Sudan from 1966 to 1967 and again from 1986 to 1989. He was head of the National Umma Party and Imam of the Ansar, a Sufi order that pledges allegiance to Muhammad Ahmad (1844–1885), who claimed to be the Mahdi, the messianic saviour of Islam.
Sadiq al-Mahdi | |
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الصادق المهدي | |
al-Mahdi in 1964 | |
| 6th Prime Minister of Sudan | |
| In office 6 May 1986 – 30 June 1989 | |
| President | Ahmed al-Mirghani |
| Preceded by | Al-Jazuli Daf'allah |
| Succeeded by | Bakri Hassan Saleh (2017) |
| In office 27 July 1966 – 18 May 1967 | |
| President | Ismail al-Azhari |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 December 1935 Al-Abasya, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan |
| Died | 26 November 2020 (aged 84) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Political party | National Umma Party |
| Relations | Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi (grandfather) Hadi al-Mahdi (uncle) |
| Children | Siddig, Bushra, Ribah, Mariam |
| Parent(s) | Al-Siddiq al-Mahdi Rahma Abdullah Jadallah |
| Education | University of Oxford |
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