Fatima Abdel Mahmoud

Fatima Abdel Mahmoud (27 July 1944, Omdurman, Sudan – 22 July 2018, London, England ) was a Sudanese politician, leader of the Sudanese Socialist Democratic Union. In 1973 she was one of the first women to hold political office in Sudan, and she took part in the April 2010 Sudanese general election as the country's first female presidential candidate. Abdel Mahmoud served in parliament for ten years. Abdel Mahmoud and her supporters protested the decision, which they described as representative of a conspiracy against women, and her candidacy was reinstated by an appeal court before the election.

Many opposition parties eventually boycotted the poll, claiming that it was rigged in favour of incumbent president Omar al-Bashir. Al-Bashir went on to win the election decisively. Election results showed that Abdel Mahmoud had polled 0.3% of the total vote. She subsequently stood in the 2015 general election in Sudan, where she came a distant third in the presidential election and her party gained no seats in the National Assembly.

Other activity Honored with FAO CERES Medal in 1976.

Abdel Mahmoud had served as the UNESCO Chair for Women in Science and Technology, which was hosted by Sudan University of Science and Technology.

She died in London, England on 22 July 2018, five days before her 74th birthday.