Ismail al-Azhari, Sudanese politician, 3rd President of Sudan (died 1969)

Ismail al-Azhari

President of Sudan from 1965 to 1969

Ismail al-Azhari was a Sudanese nationalist and political figure. He served as the first Prime Minister of Sudan between 1954 and 1956, and as Head of State of Sudan from 1965 until he was overthrown by Gaafar Nimeiry in 1969.

List of heads of state of Sudan

This article lists the heads of state of Sudan since the country's independence in 1956.