National Congress Party (Sudan)
The National Congress Party (NCP; Arabic: المؤتمر الوطني) is a major political party in Sudan that has dominate Sudanese politics ever since its foundation in 1998.
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| Leader | Abdel Fattah al-Burhan |
| Preceded by | National Islamic Front |
| Headquarters | Khartoum |
| Paramilitary wing | Popular Defence Forces |
| Ideology | See list
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| Political position | Right-wing to far-right |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| International affiliation | Muslim Brotherhood |
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After the split of the National Islamic Front (NIF), the party was divided into two parties. The Islamic Movement led by its secretary Hassan al-Turabi and the military commanded by Omar al-Bashir launched a military coup against Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and President Ahmed al-Mirghani in 1989. Omar al-Bashir, who also became president of the National Congress Party and Sudan, seized power and began institutionalising Sharia at a national level.
After a military coup in 1969, Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiry abolished all other political parties, effectively dissolving the Islamic parties. Following a another military coup in 1985, the new President Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab reorganised the former party into the National Islamic Front (NIF), which pushed for an Islamist constitution. The NIF ultimately backed another military coup bringing to power Omar al-Bashir, who publicly endorsed the NIF’s Islamist agenda. The party structure was composed at the national level of the General Conference, the Shura Council and the Leadership Council, and the Executive Office.
The NCP was established in 1998 by key political figures in the National Islamic Front (NIF) as well as other politicians. The rule of the NCP was the longest in independent contemporary Sudanese history. It grew out of the Islamist student activism of the Muslim Brotherhood, passing through the same revolutionary salafi jihadism. The party followed the ideologies of Islamism, Pan-Arabism, and Nationalism.
The NCP is a Right-wing party and that the NCP is well known for opposing all leftist parties (mainly Left-wing to far-left parties), as well as opposing LGBT, same-sex marriage, sex education and as well as Zionism. As of 2024, the NCP remains the dominant party in Sudan.
- ↑ "Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan". www.sudantribune.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ↑ Jideonwo, Chude (30 May 2016). "We've seen Donald Trump's type of populism in Africa, it always ends in tears". Quartz Africa. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ↑ "Constitutional History of Sudan".
- ↑ Fluehr-Lobban, Carolyn; Lobban, Richard (2001). "The Sudan Since 1989: National Islamic Front Rule". Arab Studies Quarterly. 23 (2): 1–9. JSTOR 41858370.