National Revolutionary Command Council (Sudan)
Ten-people body that governed Sudan after the 1969 coup d'état
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The National Revolutionary Command Council (NRCC) was the body that ruled Sudan after the coup d'état in May 1969. It was disbanded in October 1971.
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AbbreviationNRCC
Formation25 May 1969
Dissolved12 October 1971
The National Revolutionary Command Council. | |
| Abbreviation | NRCC |
|---|---|
| Formation | 25 May 1969 |
| Dissolved | 12 October 1971 |
| Type | Acting Presidency Collective leadership |
| Legal status | Dissolved after a referendum. Nimeiry became President constitutionally. |
| Headquarters | Khartoum |
Region served |  Democratic Republic of Sudan |
| Members | 10 (until November 1970) 7 (after November 1970) |
Chairman | Maj. Gen. Jaafar Nimeiry |
Deputy Chairman | Babiker Awadalla and Khalid Hassan Abbas |
| Affiliations | Presidency of Sudan Sudanese Army Parliament |
Initially Babiker Awadalla, a lawyer, served as Premier, but was then moved by Maj-Gen Gaafar Nimeiry to become deputy chair of the council on 26 November 1969.[1] Joseph Garang, a southerner, was also on the council in its initial days.
Members (in 1970)
The other members (1970) were as follows:[2]
- Farouk Hamadallah (Purged in 1970)
- Khalid Hassan Abbas
- Mamoun Awad
- Abul Kassem Hashem
- Muhammad Ahmed Abd al-Qadir
- Abu el-Qassim Mohamad Ibrahim
- Abu Bakr al-Nur (Purged in 1970)
- Hashem al Atta (Purged in 1970)
