What is Sadiq al-Mahdi?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Sadiq al-Mahdi | image = Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi 1964.jpg | caption = al-Mahdi in 1964 | office = 7th [[List of heads of government of Sudan|Prime Minister of Sudan]] | president = [[Ahmed al-Mirghani]] | term_start = 6 May 1986 | term_end = 30 June 1989 | predecessor = [[Al-Jazuli Daf'allah]] | successor = [[Bakri Hassan Saleh]] {{small|(2017)}} | president1 = [[Ismail al-Azhari]] | term_start1 = 27 July 1966 | term_end1 = 18 May 1967 | predecessor1 = [[Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub]] | successor1 = [[Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1935|12|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Omdurman|Al-Abasya]], [[Sudan]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|26|1935|12|25|df=y}} | death_place = [[Abu Dhabi]], [[United Arab Emirates]] | party = [[National Umma Party]] }} '''Sadiq al-Mahdi''' ({{lang-ar|الصادق المهدي}}), also known as '''Sadiq as-Siddiq''' (25 December 1935<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.alsadigalmahdi.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A9/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2020-03-06 |archive-date=2021-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105001922/https://www.alsadigalmahdi.com/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b0%d8%a7%d8%aa%d9%8a%d8%a9/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> &ndash; 26 November 2020) was a [[Sudan]]ese political and religious figure. He was [[Prime Minister of Sudan]] from 1966 to 1967 and again from 1986 to 1989. He was head of the [[National Umma Party]]. On 26 November 2020, al-Mahdi died from [[COVID-19]], after being hospitalized in [[Abu Dhabi]], [[United Arab Emirates]] at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/instant-article/idUSKBN2853EB |title=Sudan's former PM Sadiq al-Mahdi dies of coronavirus in UAE: sources |website=Reuters |date=26 November 2020 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mahdi, Sadiq Al-}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Sudan]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19