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Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
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عبد الفتاح البرهان
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Abdel Fattah al-Burhan meeting with Vladimir Putin in Sochi in 2019
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| Chairman of the Sovereignty Council | |
| Assumed office 21 August 2019 |
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| President | Sovereignty Council |
| Prime Minister | Abdalla Hamdok |
| Deputy | Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo |
| Preceded by | Position inaugurated |
| Chairman of the Transitional Military Council | |
| In office 12 April 2019 – 20 August 2019 |
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| Deputy | Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
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| Born | 11 July 1960 River Nile, Sudan |
| Political party | Independent |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Sudan |
| Branch/service | Sudan Army |
| Rank |  General |
Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan (Arabic: عبد الفتاح عبد الرحمن البرهان ; born 11 July 1960) is a Sudanese politician and Sudanese Army lieutenant general. He was Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan, the country's collective transitional head of state.
He was the de facto head of state of Sudan as Chairman of the Transitional Military Council in 2019 after former Chairman Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf resigned and transferred control in April 2019.
In May 2019, Burhan's first international trip was to Egypt to meet Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. His second visit was to the United Arab Emirates.
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Burhan with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in 2020
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