1969 Sudanese coup d'état

1969 Sudanese coup d'état
	Part of the First Sudanese Civil War and the Arab Cold War
	; Members of the National Revolutionary Command Council
Date	25 May 1969
Location	Khartoum-Bahri-Omdurman, Sudan15.633333°N 32.533333°E
Result	Coup attempt succeeds Overthrow of democratically elected government; Establishment of National Revolutionary Command Council; Fall of the Republic of the Sudan; Formation of the Democratic Republic of the Sudan;
Belligerents
Republic of the Sudan Democratic Unionist Party; Umma Party;	Sudanese Armed Forces Free Officers Movement;
Commanders and leaders
Ismail al-Azhari; President of Sudan; Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub; Prime Minister of Sudan	Col. Gaafar Nimeiry; Coup Military Leader; Babiker Awadalla; Coup Civilian Leader; Faruq Hamadallah; Free Officers Member; Ma'mun Awad Abu Zaid; Free Officers Member; Khalid Hassan Abbas; Free Officers Member; Abu al-Qasim Muhammad Ibrahim; Free Officers Member; Zain al-Abdin Abd al-Qadir; Free Officers Member
	Location within Sudan.

The 1969 Sudanese coup d'état was a successful coup, led by Colonel Gaafar Nimeiry, against the government of President Ismail al-Azhari. The coup signaled the end of Sudan's second democratic era, and saw the beginning of Nimeiry's 16 year rule.

Nimeiry's government would pursue a radical Arab nationalist and leftist program, bringing in a socialist program for social and economic development, including widespread nationalization of private property. His government would also push for an end to the First Sudanese Civil War, which by 1969 had been ongoing for nearly 14 years. In pursuing peace, the new government pushed for amnesty, and would declare regional autonomy for southern Sudan on 9 June 1969.

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