1985 Sudanese coup d'état

1985 Sudanese coup d'état
	Part of the Second Sudanese Civil War and the Arab Cold War
Date	6 April 1985
Location	Khartoum, Democratic Republic of the Sudan15°30′2″N 32°33′36″E
Result	Coup attempt succeeds Overthrow of Gaafar Nimeiry; Establishment of the Transitional Military Council; Fall of the Democratic Republic of Sudan; Restoration of the Republic of Sudan;
Belligerents
Democratic Republic of the Sudan Sudanese Socialist Union;	SAF coup plotters; Democratic Unionist Party; Umma Party; National Islamic Front
Commanders and leaders
Gaafar Nimeiry; President of Sudan	FM Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab; Defence Minister and C-in-C of the SAF; Coup Leader
	Location within Sudan.

The 1985 Sudanese coup d'état was a military coup that occurred in Sudan on 6 April 1985. The coup was staged by a group of military officers and led by the Defense Minister and Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief, Field Marshal Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, against the government of President Gaafar Nimeiry.

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