El Ferik Ibrahim Abboud (, 26 October 1900 – 8 September 1983) was a
Sudanese president,
general, and
political figure. A
career soldier, Abboud served in
World War II in
Eritrea and
Ethiopia. In 1949, Abboud became the deputy
Commander in Chief of the Sudanese military. Upon independence, Abboud became the Commander in Chief of the
Military of Sudan. He served as the
head of state of Sudan between 1958 and 1964 and as
president of Sudan in 1964; however, he soon resigned, ending Sudan's first period of military rule.
Ibrahim Abboud was born October 26, 1900 at Mohammed-Gol, near the old port city of
Suakin on the
Red Sea. He trained as an engineer at the
Gordon Memorial College and at the Military College in
Khartoum. He received a commission in the
Egyptian Army in 1918 and transferred to the
Sudan Defence Force in 1925, after its creation separate from the
Egyptian army. During World War II he served in Eritrea, in Ethiopia, with the Sudan Defense Force, and with the
British army in
North Africa. After the war, Abboud rose rapidly to commander of the Sudan Defense Force in 1949 and assistant commander in chief in 1954. With the declaration of independence for the Sudan in 1956, he was made commander in chief of the Sudanese military forces. After the Sudanese army staged a
coup d'état in November 1958, overthrowing the
civilian government of
Abdullah Khalil, Gen. Abboud led the new military government.
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