Farouk Abu Issa | |
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فاروق أبو عيسى | |
Sudanese Foreign Minister | |
In office 1969–1971 | |
President | Gaafar Nimeiry |
Preceded by | Gaafar Nimeiry |
Succeeded by | Mansour Khalid |
Personal details | |
Born | Wad Madani, Al Jazirah state, Sudan | 12 August 1933
Died | 12 April 2020 Al Riadh, Khartoum, Sudan | (aged 86)
Political party | National Consensus Forces |
Other political affiliations | Sudanese Communist Party (1950–1971) |
Children | 1+ |
Alma mater | Alexandria University |
Farouk Abu Issa ( Arabic: فاروق أبو عيسى; 12 August 1933 – 12 April 2020) [1] was a Sudanese politician and the Chairman of the National Consensus Forces. [2]
Abu Issa attended Hantoub Secondary School and was involved in activism from a young age; he joined the Sudanese Communist Party in 1950. [3] [4] His father was a member of the political party Ashiqqa' and supported peace between Sudan and Egypt. [3] Abu Issa graduated from Alexandria University with a degree in law in 1957 and subsequently joined the Egyptian Communist Party. [3]
He was Sudanese Foreign Minister under Jaafar Nimeiry from 1969 to 1971. [3] When the Sudanese Communist Party split from Nimeiry in 1970, Abu Issa withdrew from the party, though he continued to hold democratic sentiments. [3] In 1983, he was elected as the Secretary General of the Arab Lawyers Union; he held this position until 2003. [5] [6] He fled to Egypt in 1989 after Omar al-Bashir overtook the government and stayed in exile until 2005 when the Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed. [5] He became the chairman of the National Consensus Forces' general council and held this position until his death in 2020. [5]
In December 2014 he was arrested along with Amin Mekki Medani, held in Kobar Prison, and subsequently charged with undermining the constitutional system. [5] [7] He was released from prison two and a half weeks later and taken to a hospital in Khartoum due to rapidly deteriorating health. [8]
Farouk Abu Issa | |
---|---|
فاروق أبو عيسى | |
Sudanese Foreign Minister | |
In office 1969–1971 | |
President | Gaafar Nimeiry |
Preceded by | Gaafar Nimeiry |
Succeeded by | Mansour Khalid |
Personal details | |
Born | Wad Madani, Al Jazirah state, Sudan | 12 August 1933
Died | 12 April 2020 Al Riadh, Khartoum, Sudan | (aged 86)
Political party | National Consensus Forces |
Other political affiliations | Sudanese Communist Party (1950–1971) |
Children | 1+ |
Alma mater | Alexandria University |
Farouk Abu Issa ( Arabic: فاروق أبو عيسى; 12 August 1933 – 12 April 2020) [1] was a Sudanese politician and the Chairman of the National Consensus Forces. [2]
Abu Issa attended Hantoub Secondary School and was involved in activism from a young age; he joined the Sudanese Communist Party in 1950. [3] [4] His father was a member of the political party Ashiqqa' and supported peace between Sudan and Egypt. [3] Abu Issa graduated from Alexandria University with a degree in law in 1957 and subsequently joined the Egyptian Communist Party. [3]
He was Sudanese Foreign Minister under Jaafar Nimeiry from 1969 to 1971. [3] When the Sudanese Communist Party split from Nimeiry in 1970, Abu Issa withdrew from the party, though he continued to hold democratic sentiments. [3] In 1983, he was elected as the Secretary General of the Arab Lawyers Union; he held this position until 2003. [5] [6] He fled to Egypt in 1989 after Omar al-Bashir overtook the government and stayed in exile until 2005 when the Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed. [5] He became the chairman of the National Consensus Forces' general council and held this position until his death in 2020. [5]
In December 2014 he was arrested along with Amin Mekki Medani, held in Kobar Prison, and subsequently charged with undermining the constitutional system. [5] [7] He was released from prison two and a half weeks later and taken to a hospital in Khartoum due to rapidly deteriorating health. [8]