Nimir Mohammed Abdelrahman

Nimir Mohammed Abdelrahman (Arabic: نمر محمد عبد الرحمن) is a Sudanese politician who served as the governor of North Darfur from June 10, 2021, to January 1, 2024. He was appointed by the Transitional Sovereignty Council under Abdalla Hamdok and initially supported the Sudanese government at the outbreak of the Sudanese civil war in 2023. Since December 2023, he has supported the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudan Liberation Movement - Transitional Council (SLM-TC). He is the co-founder and former president of the SLM-TC.

Biography

Early life Abdelrahman was born in the village of Daba Nayra, near Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan. He studied at Tawila South School for elementary school, Tawila West Intermediate School for middle school, and the Kass Secondary School for Boys in South Darfur for high school.

Between 2006 and 2011, Abdelrahman served as the spokesman for SLM-AW. In 2012, he was appointed deputy commander of the Sudan Revolutionary Front. Abdelrahman was appointed as the representative for the freed SLM detainees in the wake of the revolution.

During negotiations for the Juba Peace Agreement, Abdelrahman served as the chief negotiator for the Sudan Liberation Movement - Transitional Council, a group he co-founded.

Governorship Abdelrahman was appointed governor of North Darfur on June 14, 2021, alongside Khamis Abakar in West Darfur and Ahmed al-Omda in Blue Nile State. Abdelrahman, Abakar, and al-Omda were all former rebels from these areas appointed to gubernatorial positions as a result of the JPA. In November 2022, Abdelrahman met with Volker Türk in El Fasher to discuss the growing number of internally displaced civilians.

At the outbreak of the Sudanese civil war on April 15, 2023, and the subsequent attacks by the Rapid Support Forces on the city of El Fasher, Abdelrahman announced the creation of burial committees. He coordinated efforts from the Committee and Mediators and Elders, a group of local negotiators that established ceasefires between the RSF and SAF. Abdelrahman advocated for peace between both sides in May 2023.

In July 2023, Abdelrahman met with Darfur governor Minni Minnawi in N'Djamena alongside Mahamat Déby. This meeting happened around the time of the formation of the Darfur Joint Protection Force, which Minnawi spearheaded alongside several other militias to serve as a neutral third party to cease fighting in El Fasher.

Minnawi and parts of the JDF then sided with the Sudanese government led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in November 2023. On December 6, 2023, Abdelrahman met with RSF leaders in El Fasher, including the RSF's North Darfur commander Mubarak Mohammed Abu-Zaid and RSF political representative in El Fasher Fathi Mohammed Ahmed. He also said that RSF leader Hemedti, deserved the Nobel Peace Prize.

On January 1, 2024, Abdelrahman was dismissed from his post as governor by Burhan for no stated reason. Abdelrahman claimed his dismissal was because of his "refusal to support the war and wear military uniform, as the rest of the state governors did."

In February 2025, Abdelrahman became the president of the SLM-TC. He joined the Tasis parallel government spearheaded by the RSF and other groups.