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Sudanese Socialist Union

1971–1985 ruling party of Sudan

Summary

1971–1985 ruling party of Sudan

Field	Value
name	Sudanese Socialist Union
native_name	الاتحاد الاشتراكي السوداني
native_name_lang	ar
abbreviation	SSU
colorcode
leader	Gaafar Nimeiry
founded	25 May 1971
()
dissolved	6 April 1985
()
ideology	Arab nationalism
Arab socialism
Pan-Arabism
Nasserism
Islamism (From 1983)
flag	Flag of the Sudanese Socialist Union.svg
country	Sudan

() () Arab socialism Pan-Arabism Nasserism Islamism (From 1983)

The Sudanese Socialist Union (abbr. SSU; ) was a political party in Sudan. The SSU was the country's sole legal party from 1971 until 1985, when the regime of President Gaafar Nimeiry was overthrown in a military coup.

Today the Sudanese Socialist Democratic Union (SSDU), the successor party to the SSU, exists as a registered political party in Sudan. Until 2018, it was led by Professor Dr. Fatima Abdel Mahmoud, who was Sudan's first female minister during the presidency of Gaafar Nimeiry as well as a former member of the National Congress Party. Professor Dr. Fatima Abdel Mahmoud was the first woman to contest the presidency of Sudan in the 2010 general election.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
1971 (referendum)	Gaafar Nimeiry	3,839,374	98.6%	Elected
1977	5,624,128	99.1%	Elected
1983		99.6%	Elected

National Assembly elections

Election	Leader	Seats	+/–	Position
1978	Gaafar Nimeiry		New	New
1980		58	1st
1981–82		194	1st

References

Gresh, Alain. (August 1989). "The Free Officers and the Comrades: The Sudanese Communist Party and Nimeiri Face-to-Face, 1969-1971". International Journal of Middle East Studies.
(20 May 2019). "This week in history: May 20-26 – 50 years ago: Military coup brings Nimeiry to power in Sudan". [[World Socialist Web Site]].
Darwisheh, Housam. (2020). "Egyptian-Sudanese relations amidst power struggles in the Middle East and Horn of Africa". [[J-STAGE]].
(20 May 2019). "This week in history: May 20-26 – 50 years ago: Military coup brings Nimeiry to power in Sudan". [[World Socialist Web Site]].
(31 May 2009). "Sudan buries ex-president who imposed Islamic rule". [[Daily News Egypt]].
Shinn, David H.. (2015). "Other Northern Political Groups". [[Federal Research Division]], [[Library of Congress]].

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