About

Field Marshal Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir (born 1 January 1944) is a Sudanese military leader and politician, chief of state (1989-1993) and President (1993-).

Born in the small village of Hosh Bannaga in 1944, al-Bashir joined the Sudanese Army at a young age and studied at a military academy in Cairo. He quickly rose through the ranks and became a paratrooper. Later, Omar al-Bashir served with the Egyptian Army when it went to war with Israel in 1973.

He is a native speaker of the Arabic language.