Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub

Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub (Arabic: محمد أحمد المحجوب‎; 17 May 1908[1] – 23 June 1976[2]) was both Foreign Minister and then the 6th Prime Minister of Sudan. He was also an important Sudanese literary writer, who published several volumes of poetry and literary criticism in Arabic.[3]

Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub
Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub
6th Prime Minister of Sudan
In office 10 June 1965 – 25 July 1966
President	Ismail al-Azhari
Preceded by	Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa
Succeeded by	Sadiq al-Mahdi
In office 18 May 1967 – 25 May 1969
President	Ismail al-Azhari
Preceded by	Sadiq al-Mahdi
Succeeded by	Babiker Awadalla
Foreign Minister of Sudan
In office 1956–1958
Preceded by	Mubarak Zarouk
Succeeded by	Sayed Ahmad Keir
In office 1964–1965
Preceded by	Sayed Ahmad Keir
Succeeded by	Muhammad Ibrahim Khalil
In office 1967–1968
Preceded by	Ibrahim al-Mufti
Succeeded by	Ali Abdel Rahman al-Amin
Personal details
Born	(1908-05-17)17 May 1908 Aldawem, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Died	23 June 1976(1976-06-23) (aged 68) Khartoum, Sudan
Political party	National Umma Party

He was born in the city of Aldewen in 1908, but then moved to Khartoum at the age of seven. Mahgoub graduated from engineering school in 1929 and in 1938, he obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Gordon Memorial College. He was elected to parliament in 1946. After independence, Mahgoub was foreign minister between 1956 and 1958, and then again between 1964 and 1965. In 1965, he was elected Prime Minister, but subsequently forced to resign. In 1967, he was elected Prime Minister for the second time and served in that position until 1969.