Jamal Aldin Omar

{{Short description|Sudanese politician (1960–2020)}}

Jamal Aldin Omar (January 1960 – 25 March 2020)[https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/sudanese-officials-defense-minister-dies-juba-69784181 Officials: Sudanese defense minister dies of heart attack] was a general in the Sudanese Armed Forces.

He was also known as Jamal Aldin Omer,{{cite news | title= FFC, Hamdok reach deal on Sudan’s transitional cabinet | date= 2019-09-04 |newspaper= Sudan Tribune | url= https://sudantribune.com/spip.php?article68055 |accessdate=2019-09-05 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20190904225026/https://sudantribune.com/spip.php?article68055 |archivedate= 2019-09-04 |url-status=live}} Jamal Aldin Omar Ibrahim,{{cite news |title=Sudan defence minister dies of heart attack at Juba peace talks |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudan-defence-minister-dies-heart-attack-juba-peace-talks |accessdate=26 March 2020 |work=Middle East Eye |date=25 March 2020}} and Jamal Al-Din Omar Mohammed.{{cite news |date=19 September 2018 |last1=Badawi |first1=Hossam |title=Sudan: Bashir makes changes to military top brass |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/sudan-bashir-makes-changes-to-military-top-brass/1258640 |accessdate=26 March 2020 |agency=Anadolu Agency}} Other transliterations of his name include: Gamal al-Din Omar,{{cite news |last1=Abuelgasim |first1=Fay |last2=Magdy |first2=Samy |title=Sudan military council says it foils attempted military coup |url=https://apnews.com/c2c92c04309a420898413131842451ad |accessdate=26 March 2020 |agency=Associated Press |date=11 July 2019}}{{cite news |title=Sudan defence minister dies of heart attack in South Sudan |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/sudan-defence-minister-dies-heart-attack-south-sudan-200325075734237.html |accessdate=26 March 2020 |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=25 March 2020}} Jamal-Eddin Omer Ibrahim,{{cite news |title=Sudan: Lt. Gen. Jamal-Eddin Omer Ibrahim Appointed As Member of TMC |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201905240386.html |accessdate=26 March 2020 |publisher=AllAfrica.com |date=23 May 2019}} and Gamal al-Din Omer Ibrahim.{{cite news |title=Sudan’ military council says coup attempt thwarted |url=https://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article67764 |accessdate=26 March 2020 |work=Sudan Tribune |date=12 July 2019}}

Omar served as chief of Sudan's military intelligence under Omar al-Bashir until September 2018, when he was replaced by Mustafa Mohamed Mustafa. After al-Bashir was deposed, Omar became a member of the Transitional Military Council in May 2019, succeeding Mustafa Mohamed Musfata, and retaking the post of military intelligence chief.{{cite news |title=New general joins Sudan’s military council |url=https://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article67551 |accessdate=26 March 2020 |work=Sudan Tribune |date=24 May 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Abdelaziz |first1=Khalid |title=Sudan's PM selects members of first cabinet since Bashir's ouster |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sudan-politics/sudans-pm-selects-members-of-first-cabinet-since-bashirs-ouster-idUSKCN1VO1KY |accessdate=26 March 2020 |work=Reuters |date=3 September 2019}} Omar was appointed Defence Minister in September 2019 by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok.{{cite news |title=First Sudan cabinet since Bashir to be announced within 48 hours |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/09/sudan-cabinet-bashir-announced-48-hours-190903140751817.html |accessdate=26 March 2020 |publisher=Al Jazeera |date=3 September 2019}}{{cite news | title= Sudan's PM chooses 14 members of cabinet | date= 2019-09-03 |newspaper= Sudan Daily | url= https://sudandaily.org/en/2019/09/03/sudans-pm-chooses-14-members-of-cabinet/ |accessdate= 2019-09-04 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20190904022747/https://sudandaily.org/en/2019/09/03/sudans-pm-chooses-14-members-of-cabinet/ |archivedate= 2019-09-04 |url-status=live}} Omar died on 25 March 2020, while attending peace talks in Juba, South Sudan.