Omar al-Bashir

Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir is a Sudanese former military officer and politician who served as Sudan's head of state under various titles from 1989 until 2019, when he was deposed in a coup d'état. He was subsequently incarcerated, tried and convicted on multiple corruption charges. He came to power in 1989 when, as a brigadier general in the Sudanese Army, he led a group of officers in a military coup that ousted the democratically elected government of prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi after it began negotiations with rebels in the south; he subsequently replaced President Ahmed al-Mirghani as head of state. He was elected three times as president in elections that have been under scrutiny for electoral fraud. In 1992, al-Bashir founded the National Congress Party, which remained the dominant political party in the country until 2019. In March 2009, al-Bashir became the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), for allegedly directing a campaign of mass killing, rape, and pillage against civilians in Darfur. On 11 February 2020, the Government of Sudan announced that it had agreed to hand over al-Bashir to the ICC for trial.

Some of the key events about Omar al-Bashir

1969
Graduated from the Sudanese Military Academy
1989
Led a successful military coup that brought him to power
1989
Led a military coup to overthrow the democratically elected government of Sudan
1991
Imposed Sharia law across Sudan, including in non-Muslim areas
1992
Launched a campaign of ethnic cleansing against non-Arab populations in Sudan
1996
Won Sudan's first multi-party presidential election
1996
Provided sanctuary to Osama bin Laden and other terrorist leaders
1999
Oversaw the beginning of oil exports from Sudan
2003
Initiated a brutal counterinsurgency in Darfur, leading to widespread atrocities
2005
Signed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, ending the long-running civil war with South Sudan
2005
Accused by the International Criminal Court of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity
2006
Agreed to allow UN peacekeepers into Darfur
2009
Signed a power-sharing agreement with opposition parties
2009
Expelled international aid organizations from Darfur, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis
2010
Won re-election in Sudan's first multi-party election in 24 years
2010
Rigged elections to maintain power, according to international observers
2011
Oversaw the peaceful secession of South Sudan
2011
Ordered military attacks on civilians in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states
2013
Met with South Sudan's president to ease tensions between the two countries
2018
Violently suppressed nationwide protests against his rule, resulting in dozens of deaths

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