sentences:  In September 2007, he was appointed to lead an investigation into human rights violations in Darfur.In July 2013 he resigned as Governor of South Kordofan, and was reappointed by Omar al-Bashir as Governor of North Kordofan.On 1 March 2019, President Omar al-Bashir handed over the running of the country's leading political party, the National Congress, to him.