Zubair Mohamed Salih (1944 â 12 February 1998) was a Sudanese soldier and politician. Salih was the deputy of Omar al-Bashir in the military government from 1989 to 1993 and then he continued as al-Bashir's Vice President.
Salih died in the 1998 Sudanese Air Force An-32 crash at Nasir. He was described as a crucial link between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Dr. Hassan al-Turabi's National Islamic Front.
His name is also spelled Zubair Mohammad Salih, Zubeir Mohammed al-Saleh and Al-Zubair Mohamed Saleh.