Omar Suleiman Adam Wanis (Arabic: عمر سليمان أدم ونيس) is a Sudanese politician. He was state minister in Greater Kordofan State from 1991 to 1994 and in West Darfur State from 1994 to 1995.[1][2] He was a member of the National Assembly of Sudan from 1996 to 2000 and 2005 to 2007. He was the governor of South Kordofan State from 2007 to 2009.[1] Suleiman became a member of the Council of States of Sudan in 2011.[1] He was elected as the speaker of the Council of States on 1 June 2015.[3] He was ousted in the 2019 coup d'état.
Wanis was born in Al-Dabakar village in West Kordofan.[2] He has a bachelor's degree in education (mathematics and physics) in 1973.[1]
References
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- ^ a b "مجلس الولايات رئيس المجلس - مجلس الولايات". Council of States of Sudan. 9 August 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-08-09.
- ^ "IPU PARLINE database: SUDAN (Majlis Welayat), General information". archive.ipu.org.
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