What is Ahmed al-Mirghani?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = {{plainlist| * [[Excellency|His Excellency]] * Martyr of Peace }} | name = Ahmed al-Mirghani | native_name = أحمد الميرغني | native_name_lang = ar | image = | caption = | office = 6th [[List of heads of state of Sudan|President of Sudan]] | term_start = 6 May 1986 | primeminister = [[Sadiq al-Mahdi]] | vicepresident = {{plainlist| * '''First Vice President''' * Abd al-Rahman Saeed * '''Second Vice President'''<br />''Vacant'' }} | term_end = 30 June 1989 | predecessor = [[Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab]] | successor = [[Omar al-Bashir]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1941|8|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Khartoum North]], [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|11|2|1941|8|16|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Alexandria]], Egypt | party = [[Democratic Unionist Party (Sudan)|Democratic Unionist Party]] | spouse = | children = 3 | education = [[University of Khartoum]] | occupation = Politician | blank1 = Religion | data1 = [[Sunni Islam]] }} '''Ahmed Ali al-Mirghani''' ({{lang-ar|أحمد الميرغني|'Ahmad Ali al-Mirghani}}; 16 August 1941 – 2 November 2008) was a Sudanese [[politician]] who served as the 6th [[List of heads of state of Sudan|President of Sudan]] from 1986 to 1989 when his government was overthrown by [[1989 Sudanese coup d'état|a military coup]] led by [[Omar al-Bashir]]. Despite the [[Second Sudanese Civil War]] that happened during Mirghani's presidency, the violence only occurred in the rebelling south as in the north, it was very peaceful and prosperous. Mirghani was the first ever democratically elected president of Sudan. He also tried to put an end to the civil war but then he was overthrown. However, Bashir, who succeeded Mirghani as President in 1993 successfully put an end to the civil war in 2005. Mir