| Intro | Sudanese Prime Minister |
| Was |
Politician Author Poet Diplomat Writer |
| From |
Sudan |
| Type |
Literature Politics |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 17 May 1908, Khartoum |
| Death |
23 June 1976, Khartoum (aged 68 years)
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Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub (Arabic: محمد أحمد المحجوب; 17 May 1908 – 17 May 1976) was the Foreign Minister, and then Prime Minister, of Sudan and author. He was an important writer who has published several volumes of poetry in the Arabic language.
He was born in the city of Aldewen in 1908, but then moved to Khartoum at the age of 7. Mahgoub graduated from engineering school in 1929 and in 1938 he obtained BL in law from the Gordon Memorial College. He was elected to the Parliament in 1946. Mahgoub was foreign minister between 1956 and 1958, and then again between 1964 and 1965. He was elected Prime Minister in 1965, but subsequently forced to resign. He was elected Prime Minister for the second time in 1967 and served in that position until 1969.