Mariam al-Mahdi
Mariam al-Mahdi | |
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مريم الصادق المهدي | |
Foreign Minister of Sudan | |
In office 11 February 2021 – 22 November 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Abdalla Hamdok |
Preceded by | Omer Ismail (acting) |
Succeeded by | Ali al-Sadiq Ali |
Personal details | |
Born | 1965 (age 58–59) Omdurman, Sudan |
Political party | National Umma Party |
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Alma mater | University of Jordan |
Member State of the Arab League |
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Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi (
Early life
al-Mahdi was born in Omdurman in 1965. She joined the Umma Party and eventually reached a leadership position within it.[1] She received her first degree in general medicine from the University of Jordan in 1991, followed by a degree in tropical paediatric medicine from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in 1995. She practiced medicine for six years as a general practitioner in the mid-1990’s in Sudan’s children hospitals. al-Mahdi received a higher diploma in development and gender issues from Ahfad University for Women in Omdurman in 2006, and a Bachelor of Law from Neelain University in Sudan in 2013.[2]
Political career
On 30 January 2019, the opposition National Umma Party announced that the security authorities had arrested the party’s vice president, Mariam Al-Mahdi. According to the party leaders, al-Mahdi was arrested from her home in
Minister of Foreign Affairs
On February 11, 2021, al-Mahdi assumed the position of Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs in Abdalla Hamdok's government.[5] She is the second woman to hold that position after Asma Mohamed Abdalla.[1]
After the
References
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- ^ "Mariam Al Mahdi: daughter of Sudan last elected leader is new foreign minister". The National. 9 February 2021.
- ^ "Sudanese agents briefly detain opposition leader's daughter". www.aljazeera.com.
- ^ "Top Sudan opposition figure freed after jailing over protest". news.yahoo.com.
- ^ "PM Hamdok announces Sudan's new govt". Radio Dabanga. 9 February 2021.
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- ^ "Secretary Blinken's Call with Sudanese FM Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi". United States Department of State. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ "Sudan coup: Deal with military a 'setback', says former foreign minister". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 16 April 2023.