General Gordon

Lord Kitchener

Numeiri ca. 1982

Sadiq el Mahdi (deposed politician)•Descendent of the Mahdi•Leader of the Umma Party•Umma party is the party of the Ansar sect•Bashir deposed July-89•Started militia use

Hassan al Turabi

Bashir’s mentorBashir Ousted

Friend of Osama bin Laden

President Al-Bashir

•Ascendedby a Coup 1989

•Won a sham election 2000

Osman Taha

• NIF stalwart• Helped

Bashir dump Turabi

• Made concessions to SPLA

Taha Garang

Comprehensive Peace Agreement

• Garang Al-Bashir

Salva Kiir• Head of the SPLA

– Founding member

• Sudan’s first vice president

• Assumed Leadership after Garang’s death July 2005

Minni Minnawi• SLA Leader• SLA (Minawi)• SLA (Minawi) is the only Darfur

rebel leader to sign the Abuja peace deal with GoS