9. MAJOR POLITIACAL PARITES & THEIR LEADERS: UP (The Umma Party) Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi P. Minister: 1966 – 1967, P. Minister: 1986 - 1989 DUP (The Democratic Unionist Party) Ahmed Ali Al-Mirahani President, 1986 - 1989 NIF (The National Islamic Front) Omer Hassan Abdullah Al-Turabi President, 1989 SPLM (Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement) RB (The Republication Brothers) SCP (The Sudanese Communist Paries) BP (The Bath Party)