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About Gibril Ibrahim
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- Gibril Ibrahim Mohammed is the leader of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM).
- He was chosen to replace his brother, Khalil, on 26 January 2012, after Khalil's death in a SAF airstrike in Northern Kordofan in December 2011.Ibrahim was born on 1 January 1955 in Altina, Darfur, in what was then the Anglo-Egyptian colony of Sudan.
- His father died when he was 4 years old.
- Largely raised by his mother, Ibrahim studied for an undergraduate degree at the University of Khartoum, before leaving Sudan at the age of 25.Ibrahim was offered a scholarship in Japan, where he spent 7 years, completing his Masters and Doctorate in economics, and becoming a fluent Japanese speaker.
- Ibrahim later returned to Sudan, before leaving again for Dubai in 2000 due to his opposition to the government.
- In Dubai he served as the Economic Advisor for JEM for 6 years, before travelling to the United Kingdom in 2006 to serve as JEM's Secretary of Foreign Affairs.Ibrahim formerly taught as a university professor, and was part of JEM's negotiating team at the failed peace talks in Abuja and Doha.
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