Abdul-Hamid Musa Kasha is a Sudanese politician who is currently serving as the first governor of

East Darfur East Darfur State ( Wilāyat Šarq Dārfūr; Sharq Darfur) is one of the states of Sudan, and one of five comprising the Darfur region. It was created in January 2012 as a result of the ongoing peace process for the wider Darfur region. The sta ...

. He was the governor of the state from April until his resignation in December 2013, when East Darfur split from Southern Darfur. He is also the head of the Wise Men Commission of Darfur for Unity and Reconciliation. He belongs to the

Rizeigat tribe The Rizeigat, or Rizigat, or Rezeigat (Standard Arabic Rizayqat) are a Muslim and Arab tribe of the nomadic Bedouin Baggara (Standard Arabic Baqqara) people in Sudan's Darfur region. The Rizeigat belong to the greater Baggara Arabs fraternity of ...

, a Muslim and

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tribe of the nomadic Bedouin Baggāra people in Sudan's Darfur region.

History

Before East Darfur was a state, Kasha was the governor of Southern Darfur (office April 2010). He defeated Alhaj Adam Yousef, the former

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of Sudan, in the gubernatorial elections for Southern Darfur.

References

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