Abdallah Khalil

Sayed Abdallah Khalil (1892, Omdurman – 1970) was a prominent Sudanese politician and the former Prime Minister.

Khalil, a former army general, put together a Umma Party/Mahdist coalition on July 5, 1956 and became Prime Minister ^[1]. He allied Sudan with the United States, sparking a tense standoff with Egypt under Gamal Abdel Nasser. On November 17, 1958, Khalil carried out a military coup against his own government, putting the government under the control of a military junta. (See History of Sudan (Independent Sudan))

References

^ Sudan Embassy in Canada

External links

Gabriel Warburg, Hot Spot: Egypt and Sudan Wrangle over Halayib, Middle East Quarterly Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1994

Prime Ministers of Sudan

al-Azhari • Khalil • Abboud† • Al-Khalifa • Mahgoub • al-Mahdi • Mahgoub • Awadalla • Nimeiry • Bakr • Nimeiry • Daf'allah • al-Mahdi • office abolished, 1989 † military

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Name	Khalil, Abdallah
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Date of birth	1892
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Date of death	1970
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