Abdel Fattah al-Burhan

General
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
عبد الفتاح البرهان
Al-Burhan in 2019
Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 November 2021[1]
Prime MinisterAbdalla Hamdok
Osman Hussein (acting)
DeputyHemedti
Malik Agar
Preceded byOffice re-established
In office
20 August 2019 – 25 October 2021
Prime MinisterAbdalla Hamdok
DeputyHemedti[2]
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Head of State of Sudan
In office
25 October 2021 – 11 November 2021
Preceded byTransitional Sovereignty Council
Succeeded byTransitional Sovereignty Council
Chairman of the Transitional Military Council
In office
12 April 2019 – 20 August 2019
DeputyHemedti[3]
Preceded byAhmed Awad Ibn Auf
Succeeded byTransitional Sovereignty Council[a]
Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces[7]
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 April 2019
Preceded byAhmed Awad Ibn Auf
Personal details
Born1960 (age 63–64)
Gandatu, Northern Directorate, Republic of Sudan (present-day River Nile, Sudan)
Political partyIndependent
Military service
Allegiance Sudan
Branch/service Sudanese Army
Years of service1991–present
Rank General[8][9]
Battles/warsSecond Sudanese Civil War
2021 Sudanese coup d'état
War in Darfur
Sudanese civil war (2023–present)

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdelrahman al-Burhan (Arabic: عبد الفتاح البرهان عبد الرحمن البرهان, romanized: ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Burhān ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Burhān; born 1960)[10] is a Sudanese army general who is the de facto ruler of Sudan. Following the Sudanese Revolution in April 2019, he was handed control of the military junta, the Transitional Military Council, a day after it was formed, due to protesters' dissatisfaction with the establishment ties of initial leader Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf. He served as chairman of the TMC until a draft constitutional declaration signed with civilians went into effect on 17 August and a collective head of state Transitional Sovereignty Council was formed, also to be initially headed by al-Burhan.

The 2020 Juba Agreement allowed al-Burhan to continue to lead the Sovereignty Council for another 20 months, rather than stepping down as planned in February 2021.[11] Al-Burhan seized power in a coup d'état in October 2021, dissolved the Sovereignty Council, and reconstituted it the following month with new membership, keeping himself as chairman.[12][13] He was formerly the General Inspector of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).[14]

He is leading the SAF against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the ongoing Sudanese civil war.[15]

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  3. ^ "Sudanese militia commander waits in wings after president ousted". Gulf Times. 23 April 2019. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  4. ^ FFC; TMC (4 August 2019). "(الدستوري Declaration (العربية))" [(Constitutional Declaration)] (PDF). Raise the Voices (in Arabic). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  5. ^ FFC; TMC; IDEA; Reeves, Eric (10 August 2019). "Sudan: Draft Constitutional Charter for the 2019 Transitional Period". sudanreeves.org. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019. Archived 27 October 2021 at archive.today
  6. ^ "Sudan protest leaders, military sign transitional government deal". Al Jazeera English. 17 August 2019. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  7. ^ Hoffmann, Anette (November 2021). "Military coup betrays Sudan's revolution: Scenarios to regain the path towards full civilian rule" (PDF). Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2023. commander-in-chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and chair of Sudan's Sovereignty Council, Lt. General Abdul-Fattah al-Burhan
  8. ^ "Sudan crisis: Mediators over a barrel in mission to end fighting". BBC News. 7 May 2023. Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Who is al-Burhan, Sudan's military de facto head of state?". Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Sudan transition: Lt-Gen Burhan sworn in as Sovereign Council chief". BBC News. 21 August 2019. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Sudanese-Egyptian Military Relations and Geopolitics: Implications for Powering the GERD". African Arguments. 17 December 2020. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  12. ^ Walsh, Declan; Dahir, Abdi Latif; Marks, Simon (25 October 2021). "Sudan's Military Seizes Power, Casting Democratic Transition Into Chaos". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  13. ^ Kottasová, Ivana; Mackintosh, Eliza (26 October 2021). "The military has taken over in Sudan. Here's what happened". CNN. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  14. ^ Abdelaziz, Khalid (12 April 2019). "Head of Sudan's Military Council Steps Down, a Day After President Toppled". Reuters. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  15. ^ "100 days of conflict in Sudan: A timeline". Al Jazeera. 24 July 2023. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.


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