National Congress Party founded as Bashir's ruling vehicle

The National Congress Party (NCP) was established in 1998 as the successor to the National Islamic Front, becoming the ruling party of Omar al-Bashir's Islamist-military regime. It dominated Sudanese politics, the security services and the economy until Bashir's overthrow in April 2019.

Referenced entities

Parties

National Congress Party

Sources

en.wikipedia.org

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Per-record citation

APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). National Congress Party founded as Bashir's ruling vehicle [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/12c85606-98a5-4d87-9bcb-92d85017f4f4

Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals

Gara, Tarek. 2026. "National Congress Party founded as Bashir's ruling vehicle." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/12c85606-98a5-4d87-9bcb-92d85017f4f4.

BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers

@misc{tayyar-event-12c85606-98a5-4d87-9bcb-92d85017f4f4,
  title     = {{National Congress Party founded as Bashir's ruling vehicle}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/12c85606-98a5-4d87-9bcb-92d85017f4f4},
  urldate   = {2026-07-27},
  note      = {Event date: 1998-01-01. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

Dataset / working-paper citation

If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.

APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-07-27},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 1998-01-01. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.