Key dates in the life of Sudan's ex-president Omar al-Bashir, whom a top official said Tuesday could be handed to the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide and war crimes in Darfur.
- January 1, 1944: Born to a farming family in the village of Hosh Bannaga, north of Khartoum.
- 1973: A soldier from a young age, fights alongside the Egyptian army in the Arab-Israeli Yom Kippur war.
- June 30, 1989: As brigade commander, seizes power in an Islamist-backed coup against the democratically elected government.
- 2003: Sends troops and militia to crush a rebellion in the western region of Darfur. The conflict claims more than 300,000 lives, according to the UN.
- 2009: The ICC issues a warrant for his arrest for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. The following year it issues a warrant over alleged genocide. He denies the charges.
- 2010: Elected president in the first multiparty vote since he took power, boycotted by the opposition. Re-elected in 2015.
- 2011: South Sudan wins independence from Khartoum, which loses three quarters of its oil reserves.
- 2013: Deadly demonstrations against his government erupt after a petrol price hike.
- April 11, 2019: After four months of protests demanding he quit, Bashir is ousted by the military and detained.
- December 14, 2019: Convicted of graft and ordered to serve two years in a correctional centre. Bashir also faces separate charges in Sudan over the deaths of protesters and the 1989 coup that brought him to power.
