The first President of Sudan was Ismail al-Azhari, who served from January 1, 1956, to November 17, 1958. He was born on August 20, 1900, in Omdurman, Sudan, and belonged to the Ja’ali tribe, an Arabized Beja group. Al-Azhari’s political career began in the early 1930s when he became a prominent figure in the Sudanese nationalist movement. He was one of the founders of the Ashigga...
Pioneering the Presidency: Sudan’s First Presidential Leader
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