Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub was a former foreign minister, then Prime Minister

Prime minister of Sudan

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, of Sudan

Sudan

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 and an important writer who has published several volumes of poetry

Sudanese literature

There are records of Sudanese literature dating from the 15th century, but it wasn't until the 16th and 17th centuries that a distinctive Sudanese literature began to appear. The ruler of Sudan, and the Songhai Empire at the time, Askia the Great was a patron of literature...

 in the Arabic language

Arabic language

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Mahgoub graduated from engineering school and later obtained BL in law. He was elected to the Parliament in 1946. Mahgoub was foreign minister between 1956 and 1958, and then again between 1964 and 1965. He was elected Prime Minister in 1965, but subsequently forced to resign. He was elected Prime Minister for the second time in 1967 and served in that position until 1969.