Abdul Majid Khalil
Sudanese soldier and politician
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General Abdul Majid Hamid Khalil (Arabic: عبد الماجد حامد خليل, 1935–2021) was a Sudanese soldier and politician.
General Abdul Majid Khalil | |
|---|---|
عبد الماجد حامد خليل | |
| First Vice President of Sudan | |
| In office June 1979 – 25 January 1982 | |
| President | Jaafar Nimeiry |
| Preceded by | Abu el-Qassim Mohamad Ibrahim |
| Succeeded by | Omar Muhammad al-Tayib |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1935 |
| Died | April 2021 (aged 86) |
| Military service | |
| Rank | General |
Biography
Khalil was born on 1 January in 1935 in El-Obeid.[1] He was educated at the Military College of Sudan. He became the commander of Port Sudan military zone.[1]
During the Nimeiry era, Khalil was First Vice President, a general of the army, Minister of Defense, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and secretary general of the Sudanese Socialist Union.,[2] and regarded as the Nimeiry's heir apparent. He was appointed Minister of Defense from 28 May 1979[1] to 25 January 1982.[1] He was First Vice President of Gaafar Nimeiry from June 1979[3] to 25 January 1982.[4] Nimeiry forced him to retire on 25 January 1982, and reportedly put him under house arrest.[5]
After Nimeiry was ousted, during the civilian government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi, Khalil was again appointed Minister of Defense from 15 May 1988 to February 1989. He resigned to protest the civilian government's procrastination. His resignation was a key event in the government's collapse.[6][7] He was a supporter of Addis Abeba Peace Agreement to resolve the civil war in Southern Sudan, even though his plane was hit by a rebel SAM-7 ground-to-air missile in November 1988.[8] Despite his links with Nimeiry, he was widely respected as a person not tainted by the Nimeiry-era corruption.[6]
He died in April 2021 due to an illness.[1]
