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Hemedti

Leader of the Rapid Support Forces (born c. 1974)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 17, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo Musa, commonly known by his nom de guerre Hemedti, is a Sudanese military officer and politician who serves as the head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which is involved in the Sudanese civil war against the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. He is also serving as the chairman of the presidential council of the unrecognized Government of Peace and Unity since 2025.

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“Hemedti” enters the record as leader of the Rapid Support Forces (born c. 1974). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Hemedti, Leader and Rapid can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2025—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Hemedti, Leader and Rapid.
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This entry incorporates text from “Hemedti” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.