Nureldin Mohamed Hamed Satti was the Sudanese ambassador to the United States from 2020 to 2022.
Education
In 1974, Satti received his doctorate in literature from the University of Paris-Sorbonne.
Life and career
Following his graduation, Satti returned to Sudan to teach the French language and literature at the University of Khartoum. In the following year, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sudan. From 1992 to 1996, he served as ambassador to France, the Vatican, Portugal and Switzerland and as Permanent Delegate to UNESCO.
In 2002, Satti was appointed United Nations Deputy Special Representative for Burundi, where he worked to end the country's civil war.
On May 5, 2020, Satti was appointed to be the first ambassador to Washington from Khartoum in 23 years.
On January 31, 2022, Satti was forced to resign from his position as ambassador, due to the coup in Sudan. He has said that he will "continue to resist" military rule in Sudan.
Bibliography
Two Views on the Crisis in Sudan, 2010.
See also
List of ambassadors of Sudan to the United States
Sudan–United States relations
References
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Ambassadors of Sudan to the United States Paris-Sorbonne University alumni 20th-century Sudanese diplomats 21st-century Sudanese diplomats