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Nazir Dafallah

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Nazir Dafallah (left) and El-Tigani el-Mahi, c. 1960s

Nazir Dafallah (Arabic: النذير دفع الله, 1922 – 1982) was a Sudanese politician and veterinary.[1]

Dafallah was born on 1 January 1922 in el-Obeid, Kordofan.[1] He had degrees of veterinary sciences from University of Khartoum, and from University of Manchester.[1] He worked as a veterinary officer in government research laboratories at Khartoum. He was a senior lecturer on bacteriology, and later dean in University of Khartoum. He was deputy vice-chancellor in University of Khartoum[2] and professor of bacteriology from 1962 to 1968. He then worked in Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria from 1971 to 1972.[1]

Dafallah was appointed as the Speaker of the People's Assembly from 1972[3] to January 1974.[1] He was then appointed as Minister of Health and Social Guidance from July 1974 to January 1975, and then Minister of Health from 1975 to 1979.[1] In 1980s he was Minister of Education.[4] He received several Orders during his lifetime. He died in 1982.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Who's Who in the Arab World (18th ed.). Publitec Publications. 2007. ISBN 978-3-598-07735-7.
  2. ^ Wai, Dunstan M. (1981). "The African-Arab Conflict in the Sudan". Africana Publishing Company.
  3. ^ "تاريخ المجلس الوطنى". parliament.gov.sd. Archived from the original on 2019-05-04. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  4. ^ "Les grands projets africains" (in French). Société arabe d'édition et de presse. 1983.
  5. ^ "Father Of Sudanese Veterinary Medicine, Prof. Elnazeer Dafa'alla| Sudanow Magazine". sudanow-magazine.net.