Zubair Mohamed Salih

Biography:

Major General Zubair Mohamed Salih was a Sudanese soldier and politician. Salih was the deputy of Omar al-Bashir in the military government from 1989 to 1993 and then he continued as al-Bashir's Vice President. Salih died in the 1998 Sudan Air Force crash at Nasir. He was described as a crucial link between the Sudan People's Armed Forces and Dr. Hassan al-Turabi's National Islamic Front.