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Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
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Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is a Sudanese military officer who has led Sudan as Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council since a collective council was formed on 21 August 2019, and, after seizing full power in an October 2021 coup, was reconstituted as chairman in November 2021. He commands Sudan's armed forces amid the civil war against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces that began in 2023.
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