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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
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Sudan
Index
People's Palace, Khartoum, executive center of government,
seen from the Nile
Courtesy Embassy of the Republic of Sudan, Washington
The president served as head of state. As of early 1991,
however, the RCC-NS had not defined the powers and duties of the
office nor specified the term of office. The presidency was
neither an elective nor an appointive position. In accordance
with an RCC-NS decree, the chairman of the RCC-NS was designated
the president of the republic. Since the 1989 coup, RCC-NS
chairman Bashir who was born in 1944, has been the president. At
the time of the coup, Bashir only had achieved the rank of
colonel. He was the commander of a paratroop brigade that was
stationed at Al Mijlad in southern Sudan. He had returned to
Khartoum with 175 paratroopers only a few days prior to the coup.
Bashir's earlier experience included military training in Egypt
and Malaysia, and service on the frontline with the Egyptian
armed forces during the October 1973 Arab-Israeli War. In the
late 1970s, he was a military adviser in the United Arab
Emirates. Soon after the coup, Bashir promoted himself to
lieutenant general.
Data as of June 1991
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