Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Ya shiga rundunar sojin saman Sudan a shekarar 1973,.Hussein ya kammala karatunsa daga babbar jami'ar Cranfield da ke Burtaniya tare da digiri na biyu a fannin injiniyan jirgin sama a shekarar 1982. Ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin
1989 Sudan coup d'état, kuma daga baya a 1990 ya zama Babban Sakatare na Kwamitin Kwamitin Juyin Juya Halin Kasa na Kasa; ikon mulki na Sudan tsakanin 1989 da 1993.