Hassan al-Turabi
Hassan 'Abd Allah al-Turabi[1] (c.1932 – 5 March 2016)[2] was a Sudanese religious and Islamist political leader in Sudan. He has been called "one of the most important figures in modern Sudanese politics". He was born in Kassala, Sudan. Al-Turabi was leader of what was called the National Islamic Front (NIF). He served as Speaker of the National Assembly serving from 1996 through 1999. He later served as Secretary General of the Popular Congress Party from 1999 until his death in 2016.
Al-Turabi died in Khartoum, Sudan on 5 March 2016. He was aged 84.
Hassan Al-Turabi Media
Turabi in his private home in Shambat one year before his death
Hassan Al Turabi (1 February 1932 – 5 March 2016) , Islamist leader, in his private home in Shambat, Khartoum, Sudan, one year before his death
Chadian president Idriss Déby leaving the late Turabi's private estate after attending mourning ceremonies
References
- ↑ الدكتور حسن عبد الله الترابي ad-Duktūr Ḥasan 'Abd Allāh at-Turābī in Arabic), commonly called Hassan al-Turabi (sometimes transliterated Hassan al-Tourabi) (حسن الترابي).
- ↑ Aj-Jazeera Sudan Opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi dies