Background
NEMERY, Field Marshal Gaafar Mohammed alwas born on January 1, 1930 in Omdurman.
army officer and political leader
NEMERY, Field Marshal Gaafar Mohammed alwas born on January 1, 1930 in Omdurman.
Sudan Military College.
Commander Khartoum garrison. Campaigns against rebels in Southern Sudan. Placed under arrest on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government.
Led successful military coup May 1969.
Promoted from Colonel to Major-General May 1969, to Field Marshal May 1979. Chairman Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) 1969-1971, Commander in Chief of Armed Forces 1969-1973, 1976-1985.
Minister of Defence May-June 1969, 1972-1973, 1974-1976, 1978-1979. Prime Minister 196976, 1977-1985.
Minister of Foreign Affairs 1970-1971, of Planning 1971-1972, of Finance 1977-1978, of Agriculture and Irrigation 1982, of Defence 1983-1985.
President, of Sudan 1971-1985 (overthrown in coup). Supreme Commander of Armed Forces 1985. Stripped of rank of Field Marshal in absentia June 1985.
President Political Bureau Sudanese Socialist Union 1971-1985, Secretary-General 1971-1976, 82.
President, of Organization of African Unity 1978-1979. In Egypt since 1985.