Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein is the current Minister of Defence of The Republic of Sudan. He was also the former Minister of Interior affairs until he resigned and then reinstated at his current post. During his term as Minister of Interior affairs he opened the Rabat University (which belongs to the ministry of interior) In later years, he was accused of supporting the janjaweed and committing war crimes, allegations he and the government both strongly deny.
On 2 December 2011, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno Ocampo, requested a Pre-Trial Chamber of the Court to issue an arrest warrant against Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein for war crimes and crimes against humanity. On 1 March 2012, the ICC issued a warrant of arrest against him.
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—Saddam Hussein (b. 1937)