Muhammad Ibrahim Nugud

Sudanese politician (1930–2012)

Muhammad Ibrahim Nugud
محمد إبراهيم نقد


General Secretary of the Sudanese Communist Party
In office c. July 1971 – 22 March 2012
Preceded by	Abdel Khaliq Mahjub
Succeeded by	Muhammad Mukhtar al-Khatib

Personal details
Born	1930 (1930) Qatina, White Nile, Sudan
Died	22 March 2012(2012-03-22) (aged 81–82) London, United Kingdom
Political party	Sudanese Communist Party

Muhammad Ibrahim Nugud (1930 – 22 March 2012) was a Sudanese politician who was General Secretary of the Sudanese Communist Party.^[1] He succeeded Abdel Khaliq Mahjub after the latter's execution in 1971, leading the party for over four decades; his leadership was viewed as a period of long decline for the party. He stood as a candidate in the 2010 presidential election, but performed poorly. Nugud died in London in March 2012, when he was about 80 years old.^[2]

References

^ Gallab, Abdullahi A. (2008). The first Islamist republic: development and disintegration of Islamism in the Sudan. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-7546-7162-6. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
^ "Head of Sudan's once-strong communists dead", AFP, 22 March 2012.