National Legislature (Sudan) Explained

National Legislature of Sudan
House Type:Bicameral
Houses:Council of States (upper house)
National Assembly (lower house)
Leader1 Type:Speaker (Assembly)
Leader1:Vacant
Election1:11 April 2019
Leader2 Type:Speaker (Council of States)
Leader2:Vacant
Election2:11 April 2019
Members:32 + 426
Structure1 Res:250px
Structure2 Res:250px
Last Election2:2015 Sudanese general election
Session Room:File:120593917.fFhXTfR6.SudanDec094632.jpg
Meeting Place:Omdurman, Sudan
Website:http://www.parliament.gov.sd

The National Legislature (Arabic: المجلس التشريعي السوداني, Al-Maǧlis al-Ttašriyʿiy) is the legislative branch of the government of the Republic of the Sudan.

Prior to the 2019 coup d'état, the National Legislature was composed of two chambers:

The National Legislature was dissolved on 11 April 2019 following the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir and his National Congress Party in a military coup.[1]

As part of the 2019 Sudanese transition to democracy, a Transitional Legislative Council is to be formed which will function as the legislature of Sudan until elections scheduled for 2022.[2]

Parliament building

The seat of the National Legislature is in Omdurman, immediately north-west of the country's capital Khartoum. The building was designed in the style of brutalist architecture by the Romanian architect Cezar Lăzărescu and completed in 1978.[3] It is located on the banks of the White Nile at the confluence with the Blue Nile near the old Omdurman bridge.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sudan's President Bashir forced out in military coup. Sarah El Sirgany, Nima Elbagir and Yasir Abdullah. CNN. 11 April 2019 .
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2019-08-26 . 2019-08-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190805170905/http://raisethevoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sudan-amendment.pdf . dead .
  3. Web site: National Assembly of Sudan. 2021-05-19.
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