About Farouk Abu Issa
Lived 1933 – 2020 (aged 86). Farouk Abu Issa was a Sudanese politician, lawyer and foreign minister.
Farouk Abu Issa (; 12 August 1933 – 12 April 2020) was a Sudanese politician and the Chairman of the National Consensus Forces.
Abu Issa attended the prestigious Hantoub Secondary School and was involved in activism from a young age; he joined the Sudanese Communist Party in 1950. His father was a member of the political party Ashiqqa' and supported peace between Sudan and Egypt. He fled to Egypt in 1989 after Omar al-Bashir overtook the government and stayed in exile until 2005 when the Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed. He was released from prison two and a half weeks later and taken to a hospital in Khartoum due to rapidly deteriorating health.
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Who was Farouk Abu Issa?
Sudanese politician
When was Farouk Abu Issa born?
Farouk Abu Issa was born on 12 August 1933 in Wad Madani.
When did Farouk Abu Issa die?
Farouk Abu Issa died on 12 April 2020 in Khartoum, Sudan.
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Farouk Abu Issa was a politician, lawyer and foreign minister.
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Farouk Abu Issa was Sudanese.
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