POLITICIAN

Ahmed al-Mirghani

1941 - 2008

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Ahmad Ali Al-Mirghani (Arabic: أحمد الميرغني; 16 August 1941 – 2 November 2008) was a Sudanese politician who served as the third President of Sudan from 1986 to 1989, when the democratically elected government was overthrown by a military coup led by Omar al-Bashir. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmed al-Mirghani has received more than 146,680 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Ahmed al-Mirghani is the 12,735th most popular politician (down from 10,860th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Sudan (down from 17th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Sudanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ahmed al-Mirghani ranks 12,735 out of 19,576Before him are Kalpana Datta, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, Antonio Nariño, Francisco Pascual Obama Asue, Andronikos Komnenos, and Gheorghe Apostol. After him are Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth, Johan Pitka, Udo Voigt, Mariano Melgarejo, Nils Torvalds, and Mohammad Ali Khan Zand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Ahmed al-Mirghani ranks 315Before him are Jacques Simon, Tarita Teriipaia, Richard Speck, Masoud Kimiai, Epeli Nailatikau, and Karel Urbánek. After him are Rosa Maria Sardà, Takayuki Kuwata, Donella Meadows, Dr. John, Sean S. Cunningham, and Nangolo Mbumba. Among people deceased in 2008, Ahmed al-Mirghani ranks 187Before him are Ken Ogata, Ronnie Drew, Antonio Innocenti, John Templeton, Ferenc Fejtő, and Fujio Akatsuka. After him are Yuri Rytkheu, Aleksandr Abdulov, Anita Page, Anne-Cath. Vestly, Semka Sokolović-Bertok, and Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan.

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In Sudan

Among people born in Sudan, Ahmed al-Mirghani ranks 20 out of 38Before him are Manute Bol (1962), Ismail al-Azhari (1901), Hassan Al-Turabi (1932), Abdalla Hamdok (1956), Mahmoud Mohammed Taha (1909), and Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf (1954). After him are Gabriel Zubeir Wako (1941), Babiker Awadalla (1917), Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935), Alexander Siddig (1965), Osman Hussein (1951), and Hemedti (1975).

Among POLITICIANS In Sudan

Among politicians born in Sudan, Ahmed al-Mirghani ranks 14Before him are Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (1934), Ibrahim Abboud (1900), Ismail al-Azhari (1901), Hassan Al-Turabi (1932), Abdalla Hamdok (1956), and Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf (1954). After him are Babiker Awadalla (1917), Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935), and Osman Hussein (1951).