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