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Dafallah al-Haj Ali
Acting Prime Minister of Sudan in 2025 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dafallah al-Haj Ali Osman (Arabic: دفع الله الحاج علي عثمان, romanized: Dafʻ Allāh al-Ḥājj ʻAlī ʻUthmān) is a Sudanese diplomat and politician who was the acting prime minister of Sudan from 30 April to 31 May 2025.[1]
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Biography
Osman earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Khartoum in 1978.[2] He became a diplomat in 1980s and served as Sudan ambassador to France (2016–2020), Pakistan, and Vatican.[2]
Osman was the Permanent Representatives of Sudan to the United Nations between 13 August 2010[3] to 16 April 2014.[4] After the Israeli airstrike of the Yarmouk ammunition factory in 2012, Osman brought the case to the UN Security Council.[5] He also claimed that Israel had violated Sudanese air space three times in recent years.[6] Osman further said that Sudan has a "right to react"[7] and to strike Israel.[8]
In 2019, Osman applied for early retirement but returned after the 2021 coup d'état, becoming the undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until 8 December 2023. In 2024, he was appointed the Sudanese ambassador to Saudi Arabia.[2]
On 30 April 2025, Osman was appointed acting prime minister by president of the Transitional Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.[9][10]
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