Abdul-Hamid Musa Kasha | |
Office: | First Governor of East Darfur State |
Term Start: | April 2013 |
Term End: | December 2013 |
Predecessor: | Position established |
Successor: | al-Tayeb Abdel-Karim (acting)[1] |
Office1: | Governor of South Darfur State |
Term Start1: | April 2010 |
Term End1: | January 2012 |
Successor1: | Hamad Ismail Hamad Abdel-Karim |
Party: | National Congress (Sudan) |
Abdul-Hamid Musa Kasha is a Sudanese politician who is currently serving as the first governor of East Darfur.[2] He was the governor of the state from April until his resignation in December 2013, when East Darfur split from Southern Darfur. He is also the head of the Wise Men Commission of Darfur for Unity and Reconciliation. He belongs to the Rizeigat tribe, a Muslim and Arab tribe of the nomadic Bedouin Baggāra people in Sudan's Darfur region.[3]
Before East Darfur was a state, Kasha was the governor of Southern Darfur (office April 2010). He defeated former Second Vice President of Sudan, Al-Haj Adam Youssef,[4] in the gubernatorial elections for Southern Darfur.