Mustafa Osman Ismail
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Mustafa Osman Ismail
OR:
Mustafa Osman Ismail on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

Mustafa Osman Ismail (born 1955 in
Dongola Dongola ( ar, دنقلا, Dunqulā), also spelled ''Dunqulah'', is the capital of the state of Northern Sudan, on the banks of the Nile, and a former Latin Catholic bishopric (14th century). It should not be confused with Old Dongola, an ancien ...
,
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 ...
) is the head of the National Congress Party, the ruling party in Sudan. Ismail was the
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 18 February 1998 to 18 September 2005. His main job as foreign minister was to be the government's main spokesman in diplomatic efforts to solve the Sudanese civil wars. He was the longest-serving foreign minister in Sudanese history. He was replaced by southerner
Lam Akol Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin, is a South Sudanese politician of Shilluk descent. He is the current leader of National Democratic Movement (NDM) party. He is a former high-ranking official in the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), and subsequently bec ...
when the national unity government took office. Ismail was appointed Presidential Advisor after stepping down as Foreign Minister. He has been on many official trips abroad and has been criticized as being an active shadow Foreign Minister for the National Congress Party. His tireless efforts at unsuccessfully mediating crises outside of Sudan, roles in the domestic politics of the National Congress Party and his long tenure in public office have drawn the scorn and criticism of certain sections of the Sudanese media.


References

1955 births Living people People from Northern (state) National Congress Party (Sudan) politicians Foreign ministers of Sudan {{Sudan-politician-stub