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Omar al-Bashir

1944 - Today

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Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir (born 1 January 1944) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Omar al-Bashir has received more than 3,452,835 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Omar al-Bashir is the 2,419th most popular politician (down from 1,426th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Sudan (down from 1st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Sudanese Politician.

Omar al-Bashir is the president of Sudan and has been since 1989. He is most famous for being the president of Sudan and for being wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.

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  • 79

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Omar al-Bashir ranks 2,419 out of 19,576. Before him are Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Empress Wanrong, Bronisław Komorowski, Mircea I of Wallachia, Juba I of Numidia, and Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg. After him are Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia, Zhao Gao, Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, José Ramos-Horta, Henry X, Duke of Bavaria, and Burebista.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Omar al-Bashir ranks 52. Before him are Ronnie Peterson, Abdul Latif Rashid, Nick Mason, Gennady Zyuganov, Kunishige Kamamoto, and Sylvie Vartan. After him are David J. Wineland, Nebahat Çehre, Jean-Pierre Léaud, François Cevert, Maria João Pires, and Rudy Giuliani.

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In Sudan

Among people born in Sudan, Omar al-Bashir ranks 4 out of 38. Before him are Luqman (-1100), Mohamed Naguib (1901), and Muhammad Ahmad (1844). After him are Piye (-800), Josephine Bakhita (1868), John Garang (1945), Gaafar Nimeiry (1930), Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (1960), Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1846), Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (1934), and Tayeb Salih (1929).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sudan

Among politicians born in Sudan, Omar al-Bashir ranks 2. Before him are Mohamed Naguib (1901). After him are Piye (-800), John Garang (1945), Gaafar Nimeiry (1930), Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (1960), Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1846), Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (1934), Ibrahim Abboud (1900), Ismail al-Azhari (1901), Hassan Al-Turabi (1932), and Abdalla Hamdok (1956).

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