Zubair Mohamed Salih (1944 – 12 February 1998) was 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 soldier and politician. Salih was the deputy of Omar al-Bashir in the military government from 1989 to 1993 and then he continued as al-Bashir's

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on ...

. Salih died in the 1998 Sudan Air Force crash at

Nasir Nasir ( ar, ناصر, translit=Nāṣir) is a masculine given name, commonly found in Arabic which can mean "helper" or "one who gives victory" (grammatically the Stem I masculine singular active participle of consonantal verb root ''n-ṣ-r''). ...

.BBC News
/ref> He was described as a crucial link between the Sudan People's Armed Forces and Dr. Hassan al-Turabi's

National Islamic Front The National Islamic Front ( ar, الجبهة الإسلامية القومية; transliterated: ''al-Jabhah al-Islamiyah al-Qawmiyah'') was an Islamist political organization founded in 1976 and led by Dr. Hassan al-Turabi that influenced th ...

. His name is also spelled ''Zubair Mohammad Salih'', ''Zubeir Mohammed al-Saleh'' and ''Al-Zubair Mohamed Saleh''.

References

1944 births 1998 deaths Vice presidents of Sudan Sudanese soldiers Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Sudan {{Sudan-politician-stub