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Ali Osman Mohammed Taha | |
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.jpg) Taha, September 2010. | |
| First Vice President of Sudan | |
| In office July 9, 2011 – December 6, 2013 | |
| President | Omar al-Bashir |
| Preceded by | Salva Kiir Mayardit |
| Succeeded by | Bakri Hassan Saleh |
| In office August 1995 – January 2005 | |
| President | Omar al-Bashir |
| Preceded by | Zubair Mohamed Salih |
| Succeeded by | John Garang |
| Second Vice President of Sudan | |
| In office January 9, 2005 – July 9, 2011 | |
| President | Omar al-Bashir |
| Preceded by | Moses Kacoul Machar |
| Succeeded by | Al-Haj Adam Youssef |
| Foreign Minister of Sudan | |
| In office 1995–1998 | |
| Preceded by | Hussein Suleiman Abu Saleh |
| Succeeded by | Mustafa Osman Ismail |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1, 1944 |
| Political party | National Congress |
Ali Osman Mohammed Taha (Arabic: علي عثمان محمد طه, also transliterated "Othman" or "Uthman") (born 1 January 1944)[1] is a Sudanese politician who was First Vice President of Sudan from July 2011 to December 2013. Previously he was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1995, First Vice President from 1995 to January 2005, and Second Vice President from August 2005 to July 2011. He is a member of the National Congress Party.
Taha is a graduate of the Faculty of Law at the University of Khartoum. He then set up a private law practice before being appointed as a judge and then entering politics as a member of Sudan's parliament in the 1980s.
Taha, along with John Garang, is credited as being the co-architect of Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement which brought Africa's longest civil war to an end on 9 January 2005. The agreement capped an eight-year process to stop the civil war, which since 1983 had taken 2 million lives.[2] Starting in December 2003 Taha and Garang met numerous times to finalize the peace agreement.[3]
Taha heads the Sudanese side of the Sudanese-Egyptian High Committee, which was headed on the Egyptian side by Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and includes Ministers from both countries and aims to foster cooperation between the two countries.
Omar al-Bashir reappointed Taha as Second Vice President in May 2010 in spite of speculations that he would be replaced by a more hard-line NCP member or a Darfurian.[4] Taha was viewed as a moderate figure in the NCP regime and a possible successor to Bashir, although some have suggested that Bashir might have preferred that his successor be a hard-liner.[5]
Taha was arrested on April 11 2019 following the 2019 Sudanese coup d'état.[6][7]
On May 27, 2020, Sudan’s public prosecution service announced that Taha had tested positive for COVID-19 and was subsequently placed in quarantine.[8]
- ^ Profile of Ali Osman Mohammed Taha
- ^ “Sudan’s VP and rebel leader sign comprehensive peace agreement.” Sudan Tribune. January 2005.[1]
- ^ “Wealth-Sharing Pact by Sudan and Rebels Seen.” The New York Times. December 2003.[2]
- ^ "Salva Kiir and Ali Osman appointed deputies of Sudan's President - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan". www.sudantribune.com. 23 June 2010.
- ^ Ulf Laessing, "Analysis: Sudan's Bashir plays to hardliners to stem succession debate", Reuters, 3 July 2013.
- ^ "More than 100 people arrested from president's team in Sudan, including prime minister". TASS.
- ^ "Sudan's President Steps Down After Months of Protests". Al Bawaba.
- ^ "Sudan says 3 jailed members of ousted Bashir regime have coronavirus". Reuters. 28 May 2020. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
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