Mohamed al-Amin Khalifa

Khalifa in the 1990s

Mohamed al-Amin Khalifa (Arabic: محمد الأمين خليفة; 1 January 1949 – 20 October 2019) was a Sudanese military officer and politician.^[1]

Khalifa was born in El Nuhud, Western State (now North Kordofan State).^[1] He was educated at the Sudanese Military Academy.^[1] He also had a degree from the University of Cairo,^[2] and a PhD in political science from the University of Gezira in 2008.^[3]

Khalifa was a member of the Revolutionary Command Council in 1989.^[1] He was the chairman of the National Transitional Council from 1992 to 1996.^[4][3] Then he was appointed as minister of cabinet affairs.^[1]

In 1999, Hassan al-Turabi defected from the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) due to disagreements with President Omar al-Bashir.^[5] Khalifa joined al-Turabi's Popular Congress Party.^[6][3] He was imprisoned in 2001.^[7]

Khalifa died on 20 October 2019 in Bonn, Germany, shortly after undegoing heart surgery.^[8][6]

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