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Lieutenant GeneralZubair Mohamed Salih
الزبير محمد صالح
Vice President of Sudan
In office
27 December 1993 – 4 August 1995
PresidentOmar al-Bashir
Preceded byAbd al-Rahman Saeed
Succeeded byAli Osman Taha
Personal details
Born1944
Died12 February 1998 (age 53-54)
Military service
Allegiance Sudan
Branch/service Sudanese Army
Rank Lieutenant General

Zubair Mohamed Salih (1944 – 12 February 1998) was a Sudanese soldier and politician. Salih was the deputy of Omar al-Bashir in the military government from 1989 to 1993 and then he continued as al-Bashir's Vice President.

Salih died in the 1998 Sudanese Air Force An-32 crash at Nasir. He was described as a crucial link between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Dr. Hassan al-Turabi's National Islamic Front.

His name is also spelled Zubair Mohammad Salih, Zubeir Mohammed al-Saleh and Al-Zubair Mohamed Saleh.

References

  1. Military Government
  2. BBC News
Political offices
Preceded byAbd al-Rahman Saeed First Vice President of Sudan
1993–1995
Succeeded byZubair Mohamed Salih


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