serviceyears branch predecessor successor birth_place party battles birth_date order term_start rank image article_title term_end name
1958 - 1986 sudanese army gaafar nimeiry ahmad al-mirghani omdurman , sudan military second sudanese civil war 1934 5th president of the sudan 6 april 1985 field marshal abdel rahman swar al-dahab . png abdel rahman swar al-dahab
 6 may 1986 abdel rahman suwar al-dahab -lrb- abdel rahman swareldahab -rrb-
abdel rahman swar al-dahab

field marshal abdel rahman suwar al-dahab -lrb- otherwise known as suwar al-dahab or al-dahab ; born 1934 -rrb- -lrb- -rrb- was the president of sudan from april 6 , 1985 to may 6 , 1986 .
born in the town of omdurman in 1934 , he graduated from the sudanese military academy .
he became a prominent figure when former president gaafar nimeiry appointed him chief of staff , and then minister of defence and general commander of the armed forces in 1984 .
in 1985 he launched a coup ousting president gaafar nimeiry leading to him becoming the chairman of the transitional military council .
following elections , he surrendered power to the government of sadiq al-mahdi in 1986 .
in 1987 , he became chairman of the islamic call organization .
as of september 2010 , he still holds that post .
