Ali Ahmed Karti ( ar, علي أحمد كرتي; born 27 October 1953) is a

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

ese politician. Karti served as

Foreign Minister of Sudan The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( ar, وزارة الشؤون الخارجية) is the Sudanese cabinet ministry which oversees the foreign relations A state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) ...

from 2010 to 2015. Karti studied law at the

University of Khartoum The University of Khartoum (U of K) ( ar, جامعة الخرطوم) is a public university located in Khartoum, Sudan. It is the largest and oldest university in Sudan. UofK was founded as Gordon Memorial College in 1902 and established in 195 ...

. Karti served as a commander of the

Popular Defence Forces The Popular Defense Forces (PDF, ar, قوات الدفاع الشعبي) was a paramilitary force established under the Popular Defense Forces Act of 1989, it was also part of the Sudanese Armed Forces before its dissolution in 2019 following the ...

in the 1990s. Karti is also a prominent Sudanese businessman, and previously bought the Friendship Hotel in Khartoum for $85 million. On March 17, 2020, the Sudanese prosecutor's office ordered his arrest for his role in the 1989 coup d'état which brought Omar al-Bashir to power. It said in a statement that his assets would be frozen.

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Living people Foreign ministers of Sudan Place of birth missing (living people) University of Khartoum alumni 1953 births {{Sudan-politician-stub