43 Notable alumni of University of Khartoum
Updated: May 09, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Khartoum is ranked #1,807 in the world and #1 in Sudan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 43 notable alumni from University of Khartoum sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Khartoum won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Arop Yor Ayik
1935-1999 (aged 64)
politician
minister
Arop Yor Ayik was a South Sudanese academic and politician.
2. Ruben Madol Arol Kachuol
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Ruben Madol Arol Kachuol is a South Sudan politician. He served as deputy chief justice and minister of justice and constitutional affairs in the Cabinet of South Sudan.
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3. Mandour Elmahdi
1919-1981 (aged 62)
historian
Mandour El Mahdi was a Sudanese administrator and educator. He was one of the pioneers in the development of education in Sudan after the country's independence from the United Kingdom in 1956, and he later became Director of Education in Saudi Arabia. He was also the author of A Short History of the Sudan (1965), one of the first history...
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4. Gada Kadoda
researcher
electrical engineer
university teacher
software engineer
Gada Kadoda is a Sudanese Engineer and associate professor at Garden City College for Science and Technology. She teaches at the University of Khartoum, where she introduced a course in knowledge management. She has previously served as President of the Sudanese Knowledge Society. She was selected as one of the BBC 100 Women in 2019.
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5. Alaa Satir
1990-. (aged 36)
visual artist
draftsperson
Alaa Satir is a Sudanese visual artist, known for her illustrations, murals and cartoons presenting images relating to women's rights, the Sudanese revolution of 2018/19 and other social and political issues in contemporary Sudan. Since her first exhibition in Khartoum in 2017, and especially through her street art highlighting the importance of women in Sudanese society, she has gained international...
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6. Lily Albino Akol Akol
politician
Her Excellency Lily Albino Akol Akol is a South Sudanese politician who holds the constitutional post of National Deputy Minister of Information and Communication. She also serves as a Member of the South Sudan National Dialogue Steering Committee. She is the director of communication for the South Sudan Women empowerment network, and is an assistant professor at the University of...
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7. Abdelmahmood Abdelhaleem
diplomat
Abdelmahmood Abdelhaleem Mohamad is a Sudanese diplomat. From September 2006 to August 2010, Abdelhaleem was his country's ambassador to the United Nations.
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8. Nasredeen Abdulbari
1978-. (aged 48)
writer
politician
Nasredeen Abdulbari is a Sudanese-American author, lawyer, and human rights advocate who became the Minister of Justice on 9 September 2019 in the transitional cabinet of Abdalla Hamdok, during the 2019 Sudanese transition to democracy.
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9. Moiz Bakhiet
neurologist
Moiz Bakhiet is a Swedish - Sudanese Professor. He is the chairman (Founder) of the department of molecular medicine at the Arabian Gulf University and the CEO (Founder) of Princess Al-Jawhara Center for Molecular Medicine, Genetics and Inherited Diseases in the Kingdom of Bahrain. He is also a neurologist at the Bahrain Royal Medical Services, the King Hamad University Hospital...
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10. Nahla Mahmoud
1987-. (aged 39)
human rights defender
spokesperson
writer
Nahla Mahmoud is a Sudanese-born British writer, ex-Muslim, secularist, environmentalist, human rights activist and spokesperson for the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain. She's known for being vocal against religious extremism; advocating free-speech, LGBTQ rights and awareness on climate change. She fled to the United Kingdom in 2010.
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11. Rashid Bakr
1933-1988 (aged 55)
politician
minister
El Rashid El Tahir Bakr was a Sudanese politician during the rule of Gaafar Nimeiry, which lasted from 1969 to 1985.
12. Barnaba Marial Benjamin
politician
Barnaba Marial Benjamin Bil is a South Sudanese politician. He was appointed in April 2021 as the minister of Presidential Affairs in the office of the President as of 2022 replacing Nhial Deng Nhial.
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13. Ismail El Gizouli
environmental scientist
Ismail Abdel Rahim El Gizouli is a Sudanese civil servant specializing in energy and environment and a member of the bureau of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He has acted as interim chairman of the IPCC since 24 February 2015, following the resignation of Rajendra Kumar Pachauri. This appointment will last until the next election for a chairman, which...
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14. Alhaj Adam Yousef
1955-. (aged 71)
politician
minister
Al-Haj Adam Youssef was the Second Vice President of Sudan from September 13, 2011 to December 7, 2013.
15. Amal Khalifa Habbani
1974-. (aged 52)
human rights defender
activist
journalist
Amal Khalifa Idris Habani is a Sudanese journalist and human rights activist.
16. Stella Gaitano
1979-. (aged 47)
writer
novelist
Stella Gaitano is a creative writer, activist and former pharmacist from South Sudan. She is known for her short stories, often dealing with the harsh living conditions of people from southern Sudan, who have endured discrimination and military dictatorship, war and displacement in the northern part of Sudan. Since the independence of South Sudan in 2011, she has also published...
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17. Ali M. El-Agraa
1941-. (aged 85)
economist
Ali M. El-Agraa is Emeritus Professor of International Economic Integration, Fukuoka University, Japan. He was invited to Fukuoka University in 1988 while he was a Visiting Professor with the International University of Japan (1984-6), on leave from the University of Leeds (UK), which he joined in 1971. He left Sudan in 1964 for England where he became a permanent resident...
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18. Nisreen Elsaim
2018-2020 (aged 2)
climate activist
Nisreen Elsaim is a Sudanese climate activist and climate negotiator.
19. Lawrence Lual Lual
1940-2011 (aged 71)
politician
Lawrence Lual Lual Akuei was a South Sudanese politician born in Mathiang-Agor village of Ajak area into a family of spiritual leader Lual Akuei Lual of Pakuein Paan-Deng sub-clan of Agaal-Liil section.
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20. Awn Alsharif Qasim
1933-2006 (aged 73)
writer
minister
politician
encyclopedist
Awn Al-Sharif Qasim was a prolific Sudanese writer, encyclopedist, scholar, community leader, and one of Sudan's leading experts on Arabic language and literature.
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21. Nhial Deng Nhial
1952-. (aged 74)
lawyer
politician
Lieutenant General Nhial Deng Nhial is a South Sudanese politician and a member of the ruling Sudan People's Liberation Movement, born in May 1957. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs 2011 to 2013 and 2018 to 2019 after having served as the caretaker Minister of Defense since 10 July 2011. Prior to that he served as the pre-independence South Sudanese...
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22. Meena Alexander
1951-2018 (aged 67)
writer
poet
novelist
university teacher
Meena Alexander was an Indian American poet, scholar, and writer. Born in Allahabad, India, and raised in India and Sudan, Alexander later lived and worked in New York City, where she was a Distinguished Professor of English at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center.
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23. Ibrahim Abboud
1900-1983 (aged 83)
military personnel
politician
Ibrahim Abboud was a Sudanese military officer and political figure who served as the head of state of Sudan between 1958 and 1964 and as President of Sudan in 1964; however, he soon resigned, ending Sudan's first period of military rule. A career soldier, Abboud served in World War II in Egypt and Iraq. In 1949, Abboud became the deputy...
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24. Leila Aboulela
1964-. (aged 62)
writer
novelist
Leila Fuad Aboulela FRSL is a fiction writer, essayist, and playwright of Sudanese origin based in Aberdeen, Scotland. She grew up in Khartoum, Sudan, and in 1990 moved to Scotland, where she began her literary career. As of 2023, Aboulela has published six novels and several short stories, which have been translated into fifteen languages. Her most popular novels, Minaret...
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25. Babiker Awadalla
1917-2019 (aged 102)
minister
judge
politician
Babiker Awadalla was a Sudanese politician and Arab nationalist figure who was Prime Minister of Sudan from 25 May 1969 to 27 October 1969.
26. Sheikh Mukhtar Robow
1969-. (aged 57)
politician
Sheikh Mukhtar Robow, also known as Abu Mansur, is a former deputy leader and former spokesman of the Somali militant group Al-Shabaab.
27. Ali Osman Taha
1944-. (aged 82)
diplomat
minister
judge
politician
Ali Osman Mohammed Taha is a Sudanese politician who was first vice president of Sudan from July 2011 to December 2013. Previously he was minister of foreign affairs from 1993 to 1995, first vice president from 1995 to January 2005, and second vice president from August 2005 to July 2011. He is a member of the National Congress Party.
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28. Gibril Ibrahim
1955-. (aged 71)
teaching
academic
politician
Gibril Ibrahim Mohammed, often spelled Jibril, is a Sudanese politician who has been the Minister of Finance since 2021. He has also been the chairman of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) since 2012, after the death of his brother, Khalil. In October 2020 he signed the Juba Peace Agreement. As chairman of the JEM, he was neutral in the...
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29. Motazz Moussa
1967-. (aged 59)
politician
minister
Motazz Moussa Abdullah Salim is a Sudanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Sudan from 2018 to 2019. Prior to his tenure as prime minister he was Minister of Electricity and Water Resources from 2013 to 2018. Appointed by President Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese Revolution broke out during his tenure and a state of emergency was declared one day...
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30. Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa
1919-2006 (aged 87)
diplomat
professor
politician
Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa Al-Hassan was a Sudanese politician, ambassador and an elite educator, who served as the 4th Prime Minister of Sudan. He was famous for his great legacy in education and founding prints for Ministry of Education in Sudan, and as the executive Prime Minister in the October Regime. Al-Khalifa had a socialist orientation and was therefore sympathetic to...
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31. Mohamed Tahir Ayala
1951-2025 (aged 74)
politician
Mohamed Tahir Ayala was a Sudanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Sudan from February to April 2019, making him the final Prime Minister to serve under President Omar al-Bashir. On 11 April 2019, he was deposed along with the other members of the government in the 2019 Sudanese coup d'état. He had previously served as Minister of Roads...
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32. Francis Deng
1938-. (aged 88)
diplomat
Francis Mading Deng is a South Sudanese politician and diplomat. He played an important role in advancing a Responsibility to Protect (R2P) when he was the UN's Special Representative on Internally Displaced Persons (1992–2004).
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33. Ali Ahmed Karti
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
minister
Ali Ahmed Karti is a Sudanese politician and businessman. Karti served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sudan from 2010 to 2015. As of June 2021 he is the secretary general of the Sudanese Islamic Movement.
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34. Abel Alier
1933-. (aged 93)
writer
minister
judge
politician
Abel Alier Kwai is a South Sudanese politician and judge who served as First Vice President of Sudan between 1971 and 1982 and as President of the High Executive Council of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region between 1972 and 1978. Abel Alier was a politician who managed to complete his college education among many Southern Sudanese. He is an internationally...
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35. Asma Mohamed Abdalla
1946-. (aged 80)
diplomat
civil servant
politician
Asma Mohamed Abdalla is a Sudanese diplomat. She became Sudan's first female Minister of Foreign Affairs in early September 2019 in the Transitional Cabinet of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, during the 2019 Sudanese transition to democracy.
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36. Riek Machar
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon is a South Sudanese politician who has served as the vice president of South Sudan on several occasions, most recently as the first vice president, since 2020.
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37. Abdalla Hamdok
1956-. (aged 70)
economist
official
minister
politician
Abdalla Hamdok Al-Kinani is a Sudanese public administrator who served as the 15th prime minister of Sudan from 2019 to October 2021, and again from November 2021 until his resignation in 2022.
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38. al-Tayyib Salih
1929-2009 (aged 80)
writer
novelist
journalist
diplomat
Al-Tayeb Salih was a Sudanese writer, novelist, and journalist, considered to be one of the most prominent Arab writers of the 20th century. Through his captivating narrative style and profound themes, Salih etched his name alongside literary giants such as Gibran Khalil Gibran, Taha Hussein, and Naguib Mahfouz, earning the title of "the genius of the Arabic novel" by many...
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39. Hasan al-Turabi
1932-2016 (aged 84)
theologian
minister
politician
Hassan al-Turabi was a Sudanese politician and scholar. He was the alleged architect of the 1989 Sudanese military coup that overthrew Sadiq al-Mahdi and installed Omar al-Bashir as president. He has been called "one of the most influential figures in modern Sudanese politics" and a "longtime hard-line ideological leader". He was instrumental in institutionalizing Sharia (Islamic law) in the northern...
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40. Mustafa Osman İsmail
1955-. (aged 71)
diplomat
minister
politician
Mustafa Osman Ismail was the head of the National Congress Party, the ruling party in Sudan. Ismail was the Foreign Minister of Sudan from 18 February 1998 to 18 September 2005.
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41. Sirajuddin Hamid Yousuf
1953-. (aged 73)
diplomat
politician
Sirajuddin Hamid Yousuf is a Sudanese diplomat and is the current Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Sudan to the Russian Federation, presenting his credentials to President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev on 16 January 2009.
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42. Nesrine Malik
1975-. (aged 51)
journalist
writer
Nesrine Malik FRSL is a Sudanese-born journalist and author of We Need New Stories: Challenging the Toxic Myths Behind Our Age of Discontent. Based in London, Malik is a columnist for The Guardian and served as a panellist on the BBC's weekly news discussion programme Dateline London.
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43. Muntaser Eltayeb Ibrahim
1957-. (aged 69)
geneticist
Muntaser Eltayeb Ibrahim is a Sudanese geneticist and professor of molecular biology at the University of Khartoum, where he leads its Institute of Endemic Diseases. Science described him as "one of Sudan's most distinguished living scholars". His research focuses on human genetic diversity in Africa, human genetic variation contributing to susceptibility to infectious diseases such as malaria and leishmaniasis, and...
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