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| 1930 | Birth |  |
| 1st Jan Wad Nubawi Birth of Gaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry |
| 1952 | Education | |
| Graduates from the Sudan Military College, where he was greatly influenced by the ideas of Gamal Abdel Nasser's Free Officers Movement, which gained power in Egypt |
| 1966 | Education | |
| Fort Leavenworth Graduates from the United States Army Command College in Fort Leavenworth |
| 1969 | Coud d'Etat | |
| Helps lead a military coup of the civilian government of Ismail al-Azhari, shortly after which he is named Prime Minister of Sudan |
| 1969 | Prime Minister | |
| Helps lead a military coup of the civilian government of Ismail al-Azhari, shortly after which he is named Prime Minister of Sudan |
| 1970 | Coup d'Etat | |
| Nimeiry successfully weathers a coup attempt by Sadiq al-Mahdi |
| 1971 | Coup d'Etat | |
| Briefly removed from power by a Communist coup, before being restored |
| 1972 | Election | |
| Elected President of Sudan |
| 1972 | President | |
| Elected President of Sudan |
| 1973 | Addis Ababa Agreement | |
| Addis Ababa Ends the 17-year civil war between north and south Sudan with the Addis Ababa Agreement |
| 1983 | Addis Ababa Agreement | |
| Addis Ababa In violation of the Addis Ababa Agreement Nimeiry dissolves the southern Sudanese government, thereby prompting a renewal of the civil war |
| 1983 | Constitution | |
| Imposes Sharia, or Islamic law, throughout the country - alienating the predominantly Chris tian and animist south |
| 26th April Most constitutionally guaranteed rights are suspended, in the north, emergency courts, later known as "decisive justice courts", are established, with summary jurisdiction over criminal cases |
| 1983 | Declaration of Emergency | |
| 26th April Most constitutionally guaranteed rights are suspended, in the north, emergency courts, later known as "decisive justice courts", are established, with summary jurisdiction over criminal cases |
| 26th April Nimeiry declares a state of emergency, in part to ensure that Shari'a was applied more broadly |
| 1983 | Legislation | |
| Imposes Sharia, or Islamic law, throughout the country - alienating the predominantly Chris tian and animist south |
| 1983 | Sharia Law | |
| Imposes Sharia, or Islamic law, throughout the country - alienating the predominantly Chris tian and animist south |
| 26th April Nimeiry declares a state of emergency, in part to ensure that Shari'a was applied more broadly |
| 1985 | Coup d'Etat | |
| 6th April Nimeiry is overthrown in a military coup led by General Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab |
| 1985 | Execution of Taha | |
| Nimeiry authorises the execution of the peaceful political dissident and Islamic reformist Mahmoud Mohamed Taha |
| 1986 | Election | |
| Nimeiry is replaced in the elections by the pro-Islamist leader, Sadiq al-Mahdi |