Asma Mohamed Abdalla

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Asma Mohamed Abdalla (2019)

Asma Mohamed Abdalla (also: Asmaa Abdallah , Abdullah ; Arabic أسماء محمد عبدالله; * 1946 ) is a Sudanese diplomat and politician . In early September 2019, she became the first female foreign minister of Sudan in Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok's cabinet .

Life and education

Abdalla was born in 1946. In 1971, after studying economics and political science, she graduated from Khartoum University .

Diplomatic career and exile

Before Umar al-Bashir came to power , Abdalla was an employee of the Sudanese Foreign Ministry. She worked as a diplomat in Morocco and was then appointed Ambassador of Sudan to Norway . After the military coup by al-Bashir in 1989, she was released. She then went into exile in Morocco, where she worked as a consultant for organizations such as the Islamic Organization for Education, Science and Culture . Some time later, she returned to Khartoum without being politically active there and opened a translation agency.

Protests in Sudan 2018-2019

During the protests in Sudan from 2018 to 2019 , Abdalla joined the opposition group Forces of Freedom and Change and became a member of the working group for foreign affairs.

Foreign Minister

At the beginning of September 2019, Abdalla was appointed Foreign Minister by the new Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FFC, Hamdok reach deal on Sudan's transitional cabinet. Retrieved September 10, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Karim El-Gawhary : She is back. In: taz.de . September 10, 2019, accessed September 10, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Sudan swears in new Cabinet, first since al-Bashir ouster. In: dw.com . September 9, 2019, accessed September 10, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Prime Minister Hamdouk presents new Sudanese government. In: dabangasudan.org. September 6, 2019, accessed on September 10, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b c أسماء عبدالله: فصلها البشير من العمل الدبلوماسي فعادت وزيرة للخارجية. BBC News , accessed September 10, 2019 (Arabic).
  6. ^ Could Sudan's new foreign minister be a woman? In: alaraby.co.uk. September 2, 2019, accessed on September 10, 2019 .
  7. ↑ New start for Sudan. diepresse.com , September 5, 2019, accessed on September 10, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Hamdok Announces first post-Bashir era government in Sudan. In: sudantribune.com. September 5, 2019, accessed on September 10, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Abdalla, Asma Mohamed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES أسماء محمد عبدالله (Arabic); Abdallah, Asmaa Mohamed
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sudanese diplomat and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1946