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Hassan Al-Turabi

1932 - 2016

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Hassan al-Turabi (Arabic: حسن الترابي, romanized: Ḥasan al-Turābī; 1 February 1932 – 5 March 2016) was a Sudanese politician and scholar. He was the alleged architect of the 1989 Sudanese military coup that overthrew Sadiq al-Mahdi and installed Omar al-Bashir as president. He has been called "one of the most influential figures in modern Sudanese politics" and a "longtime hard-line ideological leader". He was instrumental in institutionalizing Sharia (Islamic law) in the northern part of the country and was frequently imprisoned in Sudan, but these "periods of detention" were "interspersed with periods of high political office". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hassan Al-Turabi is the 9,804th most popular politician (up from 10,155th in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Sudan (up from 16th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Sudanese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hassan Al-Turabi ranks 9,804 out of 19,576. Before him are George, Emperor of Trebizond, Godfrey I, Count of Namur, Charles Floquet, Ilterish Qaghan, Luc Frieden, and Alluwamna. After him are Julius Leber, Einar Thambarskelfir, Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Gala, and Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Hassan Al-Turabi ranks 182. Before him are Bronisław Geremek, Walter Cunningham, Henri Schwery, Nichelle Nichols, Miloslav Vlk, and Richard Lester. After him are John Hillerman, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Lia Manoliu, Richard Estes, Harry Gregg, and Horst Eckel. Among people deceased in 2016, Hassan Al-Turabi ranks 185. Before him are Bill Nunn, Rudi Altig, Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Louis Pilot, Peter Hans Kolvenbach, and Elizabeth Roemer. After him are Papa Wemba, Zdravko Tolimir, Željko Čajkovski, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, and Jadranka Stojaković.

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In Sudan

Among people born in Sudan, Hassan Al-Turabi ranks 15 out of 38. Before him are John Garang (1945), Osman Hussein (1951), Abdalla Hamdok (1956), Tayeb Salih (1929), Gabriel Zubeir Wako (1941), and Ibrahim Abboud (1900). After him are Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1846), Mahmoud Mohammed Taha (1909), Ismail al-Azhari (1901), Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935), Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (1934), and Ahmed al-Mirghani (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sudan

Among politicians born in Sudan, Hassan Al-Turabi ranks 10. Before him are Gaafar Nimeiry (1930), Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (1960), John Garang (1945), Osman Hussein (1951), Abdalla Hamdok (1956), and Ibrahim Abboud (1900). After him are Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1846), Ismail al-Azhari (1901), Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935), Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (1934), Ahmed al-Mirghani (1941), and Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf (1954).

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