Ibrahim Abboud
In 1954 two main political bodies were formed and later became a member of the Umma Party. Sudan officially achieved its independence in 1956 and the first Prime Minister was Ismail Al-Azhari and later on Abdallah Khalil. The democratic government was overthrown in a coup d'état by Ibrahim Abboud in 1958. Abdullahi joined the ranks of the opposition and in 1964 the students of the University of Khartoum, the civil servants and transport workers staged demonstrations and civil disobedience that forced the government of Ibrahim Abboud to resign. Abdullahi was elected a second time as a Member of Parliament in the second Sudanese democracy under the leadership of Alazhari, and the government of Alazhari was overthrown in 1969 by Gaafar Nimeiry. Abduallhi again joined the opposition under the leadership of Sadiq al-Mahdi and was exiled to Saudi Arabia but later on moved to the United Kingdom. He returned to Sudan in 1979 after a National Reconciliation took place between the leaders of the opposition and Nimeiry.