What is Gaafar Nimeiry?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Gaafar Nimeiry |image = Jafaar Nimiry in 1974.jpg |caption = Nimeiry in 1974 |office = 4th [[President of the Sudan]] |term_start = 12 October 1971 |term_end = 6 April 1985<br />[[Acting President of Sudan|Acting]]: 25 May 1969 – 12 October 1971 |predecessor = [[Ismail al-Azhari]] |successor = {{nowrap|[[Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab]]}} |birth_date = {{birth date|1930|1|1|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Omdurman]], [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan|Sudan]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2009|5|30|1930|1|1|df=y}} |death_place = [[Khartoum (state)|Khartoum]], Sudan |party =[[Sudanese Socialist Union]] }} '''Gaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry''' was the President of [[Sudan]] from 1969 to 1985. His name is also spelled '''Jaafar Nimeiry''', '''Gaafar Nimeiry''' or '''Ga'far Muhammad Numayri'''. Nimeiry came to power after a [[1969 Sudanese coup d'état|military coup in 1969]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Hevesi |first=Dennis |title= Gaafar al-Nimeiry, a Sudan Leader with Shifting Politics, Dies at 79 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/world/africa/12nimeiry.html?_r=0 |publisher= New York Times |access-date= 18 September 2016 |date= 11 June 2009}}</ref> In 1972 he signed the [[Addis Ababa Agreement (1972)|Addis Ababa Agreement]], ending the [[First Sudanese Civil War]]. In 1983 he imposed [[Sharia]] law. This led to the [[Second Sudanese Civil War]]. He was removed from power in 1985. Nimeiry went into [[exile]] in [[Egypt]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nimeiry, Gaafar}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2009 deaths]] [[Category:Presidents of Sudan]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Sudan]]