Ibrahim al-Mirghani
Ibrahim al-Mirghani | |
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إبراهيم الميرغني | |
| Minister of State of Ministry of Communications and Information Technology | |
| In office 11 May 2017 – 2018 | |
| Nominated by | The Government of National Accord |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1982 (age 42–43) Kassala, Sudan |
| Political party | Democratic Unionist Party (until 2024) |
| Education | Cairo University |
Ibrahim Ahmed Mohamed Osman al-Mirghani (Arabic: إبراهيم أحمد محمد عثمان الميرغني) is a Sudanese politician and a former Minister of Communications and Information Technology. He is a member of the Democratic Unionist Party.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Al-Mirghani was born in Kassala in 1982, into the Maraghna family. He obtained his primary school certificate from Hilla Hamad Primary School, he attended Bahri Government School and Blue Nile Secondary School. He obtained his first degree in Economics and Political Science from Cairo University.[3][4]
Political career
[edit]Al-Mirghani is a member of Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which was co-founded by his great grandfather Sayyid Ali al-Mirghani. He served as a one term member of the DUP's Executive Office, a member of the Political Bureau, the official spokesman for the DUP before he became the Minister of State at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology on 11 May 2017.[3]
Al-Mirghani DUP membership was frozen in 4 December 2022, after meeting Hemedti, leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).[5][6] He was dismissed from the DUP due to internal disputes.[7][8]
He sided with the RSF in the on-going civil war. He is on of the signatories of the Sudan Founding Alliance, the formed the rival government, Government of Peace and Unity, lead by Hemedti.[9][10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ حسن, جمال علي. "إبراهيم الميرغني.. مسطرة لقياس اللسان". صحيفة الراكوبة (in Arabic).
- ^ "إبراهيم أحمد محمد عثمان الميرغني | mtdt". mtdt.gov.sd. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ^ a b "ابراهيم الميرغني.. اصغر وزير في حكومة الوفاق الوطني السودانية - النيلين". www.alnilin.com (in Arabic). 2017-05-12. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ^ Abubakr, Bakri (2012-12-25). "السوداني تحاور السيد إبراهيم الميرغني الناطق باسم الحزب الاتحادي الأصل". sudanese online (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ^ SudanTribune (2024-01-02). "الاتحادي الأصل يتبرأ من لقاء "حميدتي" وإبراهيم الميرغني". سودان تربيون (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-06-29.
- ^ "السودان: الحزب الاتحادي الأصل يتبرأ من تحركات إبراهيم الميرغني - صحيفة التغيير السودانية , اخبار السودان". صحيفة التغيير السودانية , اخبار السودان (in Arabic). 2023-01-22. Archived from the original on 2023-01-22. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
- ^ نيوز, السودان (2025-02-13). "تأكيد فصل إبراهيم الميرغني من الاتحادي الديمقراطي الأصل". اخبار السودان (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-06-29.
- ^ SudanTribune (2022-11-06). "Power struggle between Mirghani's sons threatens DUP's unity". Sudan Tribune. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
- ^ "الحزب الاتحادي الديمقراطي الاصل يرفض حكومة المليشيا واجتماع نيروبي مؤامرة ضد وحدة السودان - النيلين". www.alnilin.com (in Arabic). 2025-02-20. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
- ^ "Sudan's RSF, allied groups to sign charter to form parallel government, two signatories say". Arab News. Retrieved 2025-06-29.
- ^ "Sudanese politician Ibrahim al-Mirghani looks on during a Reuters interview after the Sudan's RSF, allied groups sign charter to form parallel government, in Nairobi | Reuters Connect". www.reutersconnect.com. Retrieved 2025-06-29.