Summary
Farouk Abu Issa (Arabic: فاروق أبو عيسى; 12 August 1933 – 12 April 2020)[1] was a Sudanese politician and the Chairman of the National Consensus Forces.[2]
Farouk Abu Issa | |
|---|---|
| فاروق أبو عيسى | |
| Sudanese Foreign Minister | |
| In office 1969–1971 | |
| President | Gaafar Nimeiry |
| Preceded by | Gaafar Nimeiry |
| Succeeded by | Mansour Khalid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 August 1933 Wad Madani, Al Jazirah state, Sudan |
| Died | 12 April 2020 (aged 86) Al Riadh, Khartoum, Sudan |
| Political party | National Consensus Forces |
| Other political affiliations | Sudanese Communist Party (1950–1971) |
| Children | 1+ |
| Alma mater | Alexandria University |
Abu Issa attended Hantoub Secondary School and was involved in activism from a young age; he joined the Sudanese Communist Party in 1950.[3][4] His father was a member of the political party Ashiqqa' and supported peace between Sudan and Egypt.[3] Abu Issa graduated from Alexandria University with a degree in law in 1957 and subsequently joined the Egyptian Communist Party.[3]
He was Sudanese Foreign Minister under Jaafar Nimeiry from 1969 to 1971.[3] When the Sudanese Communist Party split from Nimeiry in 1970, Abu Issa withdrew from the party, though he continued to hold democratic sentiments.[3] In 1983, he was elected as the Secretary General of the Arab Lawyers Union; he held this position until 2003.[5][6] He fled to Egypt in 1989 after Omar al-Bashir overtook the government and stayed in exile until 2005 when the Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed.[5] He became the chairman of the National Consensus Forces' general council and held this position until his death in 2020.[5]
In December 2014 he was arrested along with Amin Mekki Medani, held in Kobar Prison, and subsequently charged with undermining the constitutional system.[5][7] He was released from prison two and a half weeks later and taken to a hospital in Khartoum due to rapidly deteriorating health.[8]
References edit
- ^ "بمناسبة ذكرى ثورة اكتوبر / المناضل فاروق ابوعيسى عطاء بلا حدود". sudaneseonline.com (in Arabic). 2005-10-24. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ "Sudan's opposition leader calls for popular uprising to overthrow the regime". Sudan Tribune. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Farouk Abu Essa , Farouq Abu Issa , Farouq Abu Eissa". Sudan Tribune. n.d. Archived from the original on 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ "Sudan: Obituary Tributes for Former Sudan Foreign Minister Farouk Abu Issa". All Africa. 2020-04-13. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ a b c d "Obituary tributes for former Sudan Foreign Minister Faroug Abu Eisa". Dabanga. 2020-04-13. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ "Veteran Pro-democracy Fighter Farouq Abu Eisa Dies". Sudanow. 2020-04-12. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ "Democracy behind bars: 11 opposition leaders facing jail or death". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "Faroug Abu Eisa taken to hospital in Sudan's capital". Dabanga. 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2021-07-13.