President Umar Hassan Ahmad Al-bashir of Sudan

Al-Bashir was born on January 1, 1944 in the village of Hoshe Bannaga, Sudan, then part of the Kingdom of Egypt and Sudan.

Al-Bashir joined the Sudanese Army at a young age and studied at the Egyptian Military Academy in Cairo.

Al-Bashir is married to his cousin Fatma Khalid.

When he returned to the Sudan, Al-Bashir was put in charge of military operations against the Sudan People's Liberation Army in the southern half of the country.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Sudanese President Umar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir met with the special envoy of his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Khartoum on Saturday.

For his part, Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir expressed regret over the silence of some Islamic countries in the face of the Zionist regime's invasion of Lebanon and their lack of support for Hezbollah.

12 (Bloomberg) -- Southern Sudan must prepare for "any eventuality" if Sudan's President Umar al-Bashir is indicted by the International Criminal Court for.