List of heads of government of Sudan explained

Post:Prime Minister
Body:the Republic of the Sudan
Flag:Flag of Sudan.svg
Flagborder:yes
Flagcaption:Flag of Sudan
Incumbent:Osman Hussein
Acting:yes
Incumbentsince:19 January 2022
Department:Executive branch of the Sudanese Government
Residence:Khartoum
Appointer:Transitional Sovereignty Council
Formation:1 January 1956
First:Ismail al-Azhari

This article lists the heads of government of Sudan, from the establishment of the office of Chief Minister in 1952 until the present day. The office of Prime Minister was abolished after the 1989 coup d'état,[1] and reestablished in 2017 when Bakri Hassan Saleh was appointed Prime Minister by President Omar al-Bashir.[2]

Abdalla Hamdok was appointed as Prime Minister by the Transitional Sovereignty Council on 21 August 2019, as part of the country's transition to democracy.[3] On 25 October 2021, Hamdok was deposed and placed under house arrest, following a coup d'état.[4] On 21 November 2021, Hamdok was reinstated as prime minister as part of an agreement with the military.[5] [6] On 2 January 2022, Hamdok resigned as prime minister.[7]

Titles of heads of government

Heads of government of Sudan (1952–present)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

PortraitName
Term of officePolitical partyHead(s) of state
Took officeLeft officeTime in office

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1952–1956)

Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi

22 October 1952November 1953National Umma Party
Ismail al-Azhari
6 January 19541 January 1956Democratic Unionist Party

Republic of Sudan (1956–1969)

Ismail al-Azhari
1 January 19565 July 1956Democratic Unionist PartySovereignty Council

Abdallah Khalil
5 July 195617 November 1958National Umma Party
Ibrahim Abboud
18 November 195830 October 1964
MilitaryIbrahim Abboud

Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa
30 October 19642 June 1965National Umma PartyCommittees of Sovereignty

Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub
10 June 196525 July 1966National Umma PartyIsmail al-Azhari

Sadiq al-Mahdi

27 July 196618 May 1967National Umma Party
Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub
18 May 196725 May 1969
National Umma Party

Democratic Republic of Sudan (1969–1985)

Babiker Awadalla
25 May 196927 October 1969IndependentGaafar Nimeiry

Gaafar Nimeiry
28 October 1969
11 August 1976Military /
Sudanese Socialist Union
Rashid Bakr
11 August 197610 September 1977Sudanese Socialist Union
Gaafar Nimeiry
10 September 19776 April 1985
Military /
Sudanese Socialist Union

Republic of Sudan (1985–2019)

Al-Jazuli Daf'allah
22 April 19856 May 1986IndependentAbdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab

Sadiq al-Mahdi

6 May 198630 June 1989
National Umma PartyAhmed al-Mirghani
Post abolished (30 June 1989 – 2 March 2017)
Bakri Hassan Saleh
2 March 201710 September 2018National Congress PartyOmar al-Bashir

Motazz Moussa
10 September 201823 February 2019National Congress Party
Mohamed Tahir Ayala
23 February 201911 April 2019
National Congress Party

Transitional period (2019–present)

Post vacant (11 April – 21 August 2019)
Abdalla Hamdok
21 August 201925 October 2021
Forces of Freedom and ChangeTransitional Sovereignty Council

21 November 20212 January 2022Independent
Osman Hussein
19 January 2022IncumbentIndependent

See also

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Notes and References

  1. News: 2 March 2017 . Sudan's first PM since 1989 coup takes oath . The Peninsula . Agence France-Presse . 2019-11-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190504185623/http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/02/03/2017/Sudan-s-first-PM-since-1989-coup-takes-oath . 4 May 2019.
  2. News: Khalid Abdelaziz . 1 March 2017 . Sudan's Bashir names long-time ally and general prime minister . Reuters . 2019-11-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170302193958/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-sudan-politics-idUKKBN1685LP . 2 March 2017.
  3. News: Abdalla Hamdok: Who is Sudan's new prime minister? . 2019-08-21 . . 2019-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190823200802/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/abdalla-hamdok-sudan-prime-minister-190821104935717.html . 2019-08-23 . live.
  4. News: Khalid Abdelaziz . 2021-10-25 . Sudan PM, ministers detained in apparent military coup . Reuters . registration . 2021-10-25.
  5. Web site: Sudan's Hamdok reinstated as PM after political agreement signed. 2021-11-21. www.aljazeera.com. en.
  6. News: Sudan military reinstates PM Hamdok after deal. en-US. Reuters. 2021-11-21.
  7. Web site: Sudan PM Abdalla Hamdok resigns amid political deadlock. 2022-01-02. www.aljazeera.com. en.