Fatima Abdel Mahmoud
Fatima Abdel Mahmoud | |
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The FAO Ceres award with a depiction of Fatima Abdel Mahmoud | |
| Born | 27 July 1944 Omdurman, Sudan |
| Died | 22 July 2018 (aged 73) London, England |
| Education | Medical degree from Moscow, Russia |
| Occupations | Politician, Paediatrician |
| Known for | First female presidential candidate in Sudan (2010) |
| Office | Deputy Minister of Youth, Sports, and Social Affairs |
| Political party | Sudanese Socialist Democratic Union |
| Awards | FAO CERES Medal (1976) |
Fatima Abdel Mahmoud (27 July 1944, Omdurman, Sudan – 22 July 2018, London, England) was a Sudanese politician, leader of the Sudanese Socialist Democratic Union. In 1973 she was one of the first women to hold political office in Sudan, and she took part in the April 2010 Sudanese general election as the country's first female presidential candidate.