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National Revolutionary Command Council (Sudan)

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Revolutionary Command Council
مجلس قيادة الثورة
Formation25 May 1969
Dissolved12 October 1971
TypeActing Presidency
Collective leadership
Legal statusDissolved after a referendum. Nimeiry became President constitutionally.
HeadquartersKhartum
Region served
 Sudan Democratic Republic of Sudan
Membership
10 (until November 1970)
7 (after November 1970)
Chairman
Maj. Gen. Jaafar Nimeiry
Deputy Chairman
Babiker Awadalla
(until July 1970)
AffiliationsPresidency of Sudan
Sudanese Army
Parliament

The Revolutionary Command Council was the body that ruled Sudan after the coup d'état in May 1969. It was disbanded in October 1971.

Initially Babiker Awadalla, a lawyer, served as Premier, but was then moved by Maj-Gen Gaafar Nimeiry to become deputy chair of the council on 26 November 1969.[1] Joseph Garang, a southerner, was also on the council in its initial days.

Members (in 1970)

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The other members (1970) were as follows:[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ OBallance 1977, p. 104-5.
  2. ^ The Europa World Year Book 1970
  • O'Ballance, Edgar (1977). The Secret War in the Sudan: 1955–1972. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-10768-0.