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Sudan: Military Coups from Nimeiry to al-Bashir (1969–2019)

Sudan: Military Coups from Nimeiry to al-Bashir (1969–2019)

  1. Nimeiry leads Free Officers’ coup

    Labels: Jaafar Nimeiry, Free Officers

  2. National Revolutionary Command Council established

    Labels: National Revolutionary, Jaafar Nimeiry

  3. Hashem al-Atta launches attempted coup

    Labels: Hashem al-Atta, Sudanese Communist

  4. Counter-coup restores Nimeiry

    Labels: Counter-coup 1971, Jaafar Nimeiry

  5. NRCC disbanded; Nimeiry consolidates presidency

    Labels: NRCC, Jaafar Nimeiry

  6. Communist-linked officers attempt September coup

    Labels: Communist-linked officers

  7. Swar al-Dahab overthrows Nimeiry

    Labels: Abdel Rahman, 1985 coup

  8. Transitional Military Council begins interim rule

    Labels: Transitional Military, Swar al-Dahab

  9. Multi-party parliamentary elections held

    Labels: Parliamentary elections

  10. Military hands power to elected civilian government

    Labels: Sadiq al-Mahdi, Military handover

  11. Al-Bashir’s coup topples al-Mahdi government

    Labels: Omar al-Bashir, 1989 coup

  12. Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation formed

    Labels: Revolutionary Command

  13. RCCNS dissolved; al-Bashir entrenches presidential rule

    Labels: RCCNS, Omar al-Bashir

  14. Military removes al-Bashir during mass protests

    Labels: Omar al-Bashir, 2019 removal

  15. Transitional Military Council established after al-Bashir’s ouster

    Labels: Transitional Military, 2019 TMC

  16. TMC and opposition sign political agreement

    Labels: Forces of, TMC

  17. Constitutional Declaration sets transition framework

    Labels: Constitutional Declaration, Sovereignty Council