Sadiq al-Mahdi

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Sadiq al-Mahdi, 1964
Sadiq al-Mahdi, 1987

Imam Sayyid Sadiq al-Mahdi ( Arabic الصادق المهدي, DMG aṣ-Ṣādiq al-Mahdī ), also as Sadiq Abd ar-Rahman  /صادق عبد الرحمن / Ṣādiq ʿAbdu r-Raḥmān known, (born  December 25, 1935 in Omdurman , Sudan ; †  November 26, 2020 in Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates ) was a Sudanese politician and two-time prime minister of his home country.

Life

Sadiq al-Mahdi was born on December 25, 1935 in Al-Abasya, Omdurman. He was the grandson of Sayyid Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi, the founder of the UMMA party, the great-grandson of Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad , a central figure in the history of Sudan and the Islamic world, and a brother-in-law of Hasan at-Turabi . He was also the uncle of the Sudanese-British actor Alexander Siddig .

Sadiq al-Mahdi had been the chairman of the UMMA party since 1964. From July 27, 1966 to May 18, 1967 he was Prime Minister of Sudan. During this time he supported the idea of ​​an Islamic constitution by his brother-in-law Turabi.

From April 1st to April 12th 1986 there were general elections in Sudan, which were won by the Umma party. Sadiq al-Mahdi became Prime Minister of the coalition government of the Umma Party and the Democratic Union Party (DUP) in May. He was deposed on June 30, 1989 in a coup led by Umar al-Bashir . Sadiq al-Mahdi was under house arrest until he managed to escape to Eritrea in 1996 . He returned in November 2000 and was last re-elected as chairman of his opposition UMMA party in February 2009.

Sadiq al-Mahdi was one of the 138 signatories of the open letter a common word between us and you ( Engl. A Common Word Between Us and You ) of 13 October 2007 the personalities of Islam to "leaders of Christian churches everywhere" (English " Leaders of Christian Churches, everywhere… ”).

Sadiq al-Mahdi died of COVID-19 after falling ill at the age of 84 .

See also

Web links

Commons : Sadiq al-Mahdi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ a b Sudan's last democratically elected PM dies from COVID-19. In: reuters.com. Reuters , November 26, 2020, accessed on November 28, 2020 .
  2. ↑ A common word between us and you . The Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, Jordan. Summarized short form on the website “A Common Word” (PDF; 186 kB).
personal data
SURNAME Mahdi, Sadiq al-
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sudanese politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Omdurman , Sudan
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 2020
Place of death Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates