Sudan's PCP chooses new leader to succeed al-Turabi
Party elects Ibrahim al-Sanousi as leader following death on Saturday of longstanding party chief Hassan al-Turabi
Born in 1932, al-Turabi was one of world’s most prominent Islamic leaders and one of Sudan’s best known political figures
Sudan
By Mohamed al-Khatem
KHARTOUM
Sudan's opposition Popular Congress Party (PCP) elected Ibrahim al-Sanousi as its new leader on Sunday, one day after the death of longstanding party leader Hassan al-Turabi.
"Al-Sanousi was chosen as interim secretary-general by the party's general-secretariat until the party's shura [consultative] council convenes," PCP member Amin Amana told Anadolu Agency.
No date, he said, had yet been set for the council meeting.
Al-Sanousi, 79, is a leading Islamist leader in Sudan.
He had been a close confidante of al-Turabi, who passed away at a Khartoum hospital on Saturday at the age of 84.
Al-Sanousi has been detained several times in the past by the Sudanese authorities.
In 1967, he was sentenced to death for his role in a failed coup against military ruler Gaafar Nimeiry.
Al-Turabi was one of the world’s most prominent Islamic leaders and one of Sudan’s best known political figures.
He was a main founder of Sudan’s Islamist movement before the country’s independence in 1956.
Turabi was widely believed to have played a key role in the military coup that brought current Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to power in 1989.
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