Hassan al-Turabi, Sudanese activist and politician (died 2016)

Hassan al-Turabi

Sudanese religious and political leader (1932–2016)

Hassan al-Turabi was a Sudanese politician and scholar. He was the alleged architect of the 1989 Sudanese military coup that overthrew Sadiq al-Mahdi and installed Omar al-Bashir as president. He has been called "one of the most influential figures in modern Sudanese politics"…