Saleh akaberekerwa mumusha weHafir Meshou, kuchamhembe kweDongola. Akaenda kuAl-Hafir chikoro chepuraimari, uye akazotamira kuAl-Barqeeq Central Chikoro kuti awane dzidzo yake yeMediterranean. Akadzidza kuDongola chikoro chechipiri kubva muna 1964 kusvika muna 1968. Akapedza kudzidza kuSudanese Military Academy aine chinzvimbo cheLieutenant muna 1973. Akashanda semukuru wemauto akasarudzika kubva muna 1985 kusvika 1987 uye zvakare kubva muna 1988 kusvika 1989. Semukuru wemauto, Saleh akapinda muchiuto muna Chikumi 1989 izvo zvakaunza Omar al-Bashir musimba, uye akashanda senhengo paRevolutionary Command Council yeNational Salvation, iyo yaitonga Sudan zvichitevera kudheerera. Saleh akabata zvinzvimbo zvakakosha mumasangano ekuchengetedza eSudan. Akange ari Director weNational Security Service kubva muna 1990 kusvika 1995, Gurukota rezvemukati kubva muna 1995 kusvika 1998, Mutungamiri weMutungamiri kubva muna 1998, Mutungamiriri weMutungamiri kubva muna 2000 kusvika muna 2000, uye akazogadzwa kubva kuSudanese Mauto Academy aine chinzvimbo cheLieutenant muna 1973.
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