| Abdel Rahman Suwar al-Dahab | |
| Honorific Prefix: | Field Marshal |
| Order: | Chairman of the Transitional Military Council |
| Term Start: | 6 April 1985 |
| Term End: | 6 May 1986 |
| Deputy: | Taj el-Deen Abdallah Fadl |
| Predecessor: | Gaafar Nimeiry as President |
| Successor: | Ahmad al-Mirghani as Chairman of the Supreme Council |
| Order2: | Minister of Defence |
| Term Start2: | 3 March 1985 |
| Term End2: | 22 April 1985 |
| Predecessor2: | Gaafar Nimeiry |
| Successor2: | Othman Abdullah Muhammad |
| Birth Place: | Omdurman, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan |
| Death Place: | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Party: | Sudanese Armed Forces |
| Serviceyears: | 1958–1986 |
| Rank: | Field marshal |
| Battles: | First Sudanese Civil War Second Sudanese Civil War |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
Abdel Rahman Suwar al-Dahab (otherwise known as Suwar al-Dahab or al-Dahab; 1934 – 18 October 2018) (Arabic: عبد الرحمن سوار الذهب) was a Sudanese military officer who served as the Head of State of Sudan from 6 April 1985, to 6 May 1986.
His full name has also been listed by the Sudanese Ministry of Defence as Abdul Rahman Muhammad Hassan Swar Al Thahab.[1]
Suwar-Eldahab was born in 1934 in Omdurman, Sudan.[2] [3] He graduated from the Sudanese Military Academy, later attending military education courses in the United Kingdom, the United States, Egypt, and Jordan. He became a prominent figure when President Gaafar Nimeiry appointed him Chief of Staff, and then Minister of Defence and general commander of the armed forces in 1984.
In 1985, he launched a coup ousting President Gaafar Nimeiry[4] leading to him becoming the Chairman of the Transitional Military Council. Following elections, he surrendered power to the government of head of state Ahmed al-Mirghani and prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi in 1986.[5]
In 1987, he became Chairman of the Islamic Call Organization.[6] [7]
In 2004, he received the King Faisal International Prize for his service to Islam. He died on 18 October 2018 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia of natural causes.[8]