Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein

Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein
عبد الرحيم محمد حسين
Abdel Rahim Hussein in July 2011.
Governor of Khartoum State
In office
6 June 2015 – 11 April 2019
PresidentOmar al-Bashir
Minister of National Defense
In office
22 September 2005 – 6 June 2015
PresidentOmar al-Bashir
Preceded byBakri Hassan Saleh
Succeeded byMustafa Osman Obeid Salim
Minister of Interior Affairs
In office
18 January 1993 – 13 July 2005
PresidentOmar al-Bashir
Succeeded byIbrahim Mahmoud Hamad
Secretary-General of the Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation
In office
30 June 1989 – 16 October 1993
PresidentOmar al-Bashir
Preceded byPost established
Succeeded byPost abolished
Personal details
Born1949 (age 76–77)
PartyNational Congress Party
Military service
Allegiance Sudan
Branch/service Sudanese Air Force
Years of service1960's – 1989
Rank General
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "vicepresident4". Replace with "vice_president4".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "birthname". Replace with "birth_name".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "viceprimeminister4". Replace with "vice_prime_minister4".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "restingplace". Replace with "resting_place".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "honorific-suffix". Replace with "honorific_suffix".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "serviceyears". Replace with "service_years".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "viceprimeminister2". Replace with "vice_prime_minister2".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "honorific-prefix". Replace with "honorific_prefix".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "vicepresident2". Replace with "vice_president2".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "otherparty". Replace with "other_party".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "viceprimeminister3". Replace with "vice_prime_minister3".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "restingplacecoordinates". Replace with "resting_place_coordinates".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "smallimage". Replace with "image".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "vicepresident3". Replace with "vice_president3".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "imagesize". Replace with "image_size".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "nationality". It should be removed.

Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein (Arabic: عبد الرحيم محمد حسين; born 1949) is a Sudanese politician and the former Governor of Khartoum State. Hussein served as the longstanding Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Sudan. Hussein also served for a period as the Minister of Interior Affairs. During his term as Minister of Interior Affairs, he opened the Rabat University. Hussein was arrested in early April 2019 following a coup on 11 April which overthrew longtime president Omar al-Bashir.