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Name: Ali Osman Mohamed Taha Place and Date of Birth: Khartoum, 1947. Academic qualification: 1954-1956: Preschooling in Khartoum at the Khalwa, up to intermediary, then Khartoum secondary school where he presided its Student Union which participated in October revolution 1964. 1960-1970: Faculty of Arts, University of Khartoum, where he obtained, an intermediate Degree, and transferred then to the Law Section to graduate in 1971.
Political Activities: 1966-1971: Member if Khartoum University Student Union (Kusu) for four consecutive session. 1969-1970: President of Kusu-the first after the May coup d’etat, 1969. In that election the Islamic Orientation Scored the highest rates in the history of proportional representation constitution of Kusu. It was the Union that hatched the first opposition to May regime, and solved it. 1973: He was one of the leading organizers of sha’ban movement against the May regime of May, in which students, trade unions and Sudanese mass people participated, and which caused the regime to reconsider its strategies.
1972-1976: Posted in judiciary, he led a role towards the implementation of Islamic Sharia laws, most significant outcome of which was the abolition of Legalized prostitution in Khartoum. It was a turning point in the dealing Of judiciary with social diseases and their consequences.
Posts and Experiences: 1972-1976: Member of judiciary. 1973: Minister of Social Planning. 1996: Minister of Foreign Affairs. 1998: First Vice-President. |
