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1959 Sudanese coup attempt information


1959 Sudanese coup attempt
Part of the First Sudanese Civil War and the Arab Cold War

Conspirators at the trial
Date9 November 1959
Location
Khartoum, Sudan
Result Coup attempt succeeds
Belligerents

Sudan Sudan

  • Armed Forces Supreme Council
1959 Sudanese coup attempt Sudanese Armed Forces
Commanders and leaders
Sudan Ibrahim Abboud
President of Sudan
Ali Hamid Executed
Abd al-Badi Karrar Executed
Sadiq Muhammad Hassan Executed
Yaqoub Kabeida Executed
Abd al-Rahman Kabaida
Abd al-Hamid Abd al-Majid Executed

The November 1959 coup attempt aimed at overthrowing Sudan's ruler, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Abboud, but was thwarted. The military court sentenced officers involved, with some receiving the death penalty, marking Sudan's first post-independence execution.

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