Omar Hassan Ahmed el-Bechir
Omar el-Bashir was born on 1 January 1944 Hosh Bonnaga. He’s a military leader and Sudanese politician, head of state from 1989 to 1993 and president of the Republic since 1993. (Reuters, 2008, 2)
He lived his childhood in a small village in Sudan, where he will receive his primary education and later his family moved to Khartoum, where he continued his secondary education. As a teenager, Omar joined the Sudanese army and studied at the Egyptian Military Academy in Cairo. Very quickly, the young Omar el-Bashir manages to climb the ladder. (Reuters, 2008, 2)
The politician Bashir studied at a military academy in Cairo and served in the Egyptian army during the Yom Kippur War against Israel in 1973. Thereafter, when he returned to Sudan, it is loaded to operate military affairs against the Sudan Liberation Army in the South of the country. (Reuters 2008, 3)
He lived his childhood in a small village in Sudan, where he will receive his primary education and later his family moved to Khartoum, where he continued his secondary education. As a teenager, Omar joined the Sudanese army and studied at the Egyptian Military Academy in Cairo. Very quickly, the young Omar el-Bashir manages to climb the ladder. (Reuters, 2008, 2)
The politician Bashir studied at a military academy in Cairo and served in the Egyptian army during the Yom Kippur War against Israel in 1973. Thereafter, when he returned to Sudan, it is loaded to operate military affairs against the Sudan Liberation Army in the South of the country. (Reuters 2008, 3)
He climbs grade in the 1980s and led the military coup of 1989, which overthrew Prime Minister Eli Sadek al-Mahdi. Bashir headed the Revolutionary Command Council for National hello newly established and the functions of head of state, prime minister, chief of the armed forces and minister of defense before officially becoming president 16 October 1993. (l'Express, 2010, 4)
On 4 March 2009 and 12 July 2010, the International Criminal Court issues international arrest warrants against al-Bashir. The latter is accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in the context of the civil war in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to exercise face an international arrest warrant. (l'Express, 2010, 4)
On 4 March 2009 and 12 July 2010, the International Criminal Court issues international arrest warrants against al-Bashir. The latter is accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in the context of the civil war in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to exercise face an international arrest warrant. (l'Express, 2010, 4)