List of heads of government of Sudan
| Prime Minister of the Republic of the Sudan
رئيس وزراء جمهورية السودان | |
|---|---|
Emblem of Sudan | |
| Residence | Khartoum |
| Seat | Khartoum |
| Nominator | President |
| Appointer | President |
| Formation | 1 January 1956 |
| First holder | Ismail al-Azhari |
| Website | www |
This article lists the heads of government of Sudan, from the creation 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 recreated in 2017 when Bakri Hassan Saleh was appointed Prime Minister by President Omar al-Bashir.[2]
Titles of heads of government
- 1952–1956: Chief Minister
- 1956–1989; 2017–present: Prime Minister
List
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1952–1956) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | |
| Took office | Left office | ||||
| 1 | Abdallah Khalil
(1892–1970) |
1947 | 1952 | ||
| 2 | Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi (1885–1959) [a] |
22 October 1952 | November 1953 | National Umma Party | |
| 3 | Ismail al-Azhari (1900–1969) |
6 January 1954 | 1 January
1956 |
Democratic Unionist Party | |
| Sovereignty Council | |||||
| 4 | Ahmad Muhammad Salih | 1 January
1956 |
1 January
1956 |
||
| 5 | Ahmad Muhammad Yasin | 1 January
1956 |
1 January
1956 |
||
| 6 | Dardiri Mohammed Osman | 1 January
1956 |
1 January
1956 |
||
| 7 | Abd al-Fattah Muhammad al-Maghribi | 1 January
1956 |
1 January
1956 |
||
| 8 | Siricio Iro Wani | 1 January
1956 |
1 January
1956 |
||
Republic of the Sudan (1956–1969) | |||||
| (3) | Ismail al-Azhari (1900–1969) |
1 January
1956 |
5 July 1956 | Democratic Unionist Party | |
| (1) | Abdallah Khalil
(1892–1970) |
5 July 1956 | 17 November 1958[b] | National Umma Party | |
| 9 | Ibrahim Abboud (1900–1983) |
18 November 1958 | 30 October 1964 (resigned.) |
Military | |
| 10 | Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa (1919–2006) |
30 October 1964 | 2 June 1965 (resigned.) |
National Umma Party | |
| (3) | Ismail al-Azhari
(1900–1969) |
2 June 1965 | 10 June 1965 | National Umma Party | |
| 11 | Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub (1908–1976) |
10 June 1965 | 25 July 1966 | National Umma Party | |
| 12 | Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935–2020) [c] |
27 July 1966 | 18 May 1967 | National Umma Party | |
| (11) | Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub (1908–1976) |
18 May 1967 | 25 May 1969 (deposed.) |
National Umma Party | |
Democratic Republic of the Sudan (1969–1985) | |||||
| 13 | Babiker Awadalla (1917–2019) |
25 May 1969 | 27 October 1969 | Independent | |
| 14 | Gaafar Nimeiry (1930–2009) |
28 October 1969 [d] |
1971 | Military / Sudanese Socialist Union | |
| 15 | Babiker al-Nur Osman
(1935—1971) |
1971 | 1971 | Military | |
| 16 | Al-Ata, Hashim
(1936—1971) |
1971 | 1971 | Military | |
| (14) | Gaafar Nimeiry
(1930–2009) |
1971 | 11 August 1976 | Military | |
| 17 | Rashid Bakr (1933–1988) |
11 August 1976 | 10 September 1977 | Sudanese Socialist Union | |
| (14) | Gaafar Nimeiry (1930–2009) |
10 September 1977 | 6 April 1985 (deposed.) |
Military / Sudanese Socialist Union | |
| 18 | Al-Jazuli Daf'allah (born 1935) |
22 April 1985 | 10 October 1985 | Independent | |
Republic of the Sudan (1985–present) | |||||
| 19 | Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab | 10 October 1985 | 10 October 1985 | ||
| (18) | Al-Jazuli Daf'allah (born 1935) |
10 October 1985[3] | 6 May 1986 | Independent | |
| (12) | Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935–2020) [c] |
6 May 1986 | 30 June 1989 (deposed.) |
National Umma Party | |
| 20 | Ahmed al-Mirghani | 30 June 1989 | 30 June 1989 | ||
| 21 | Omar al-Bashir | 30 June 1989 | 2 March 2017 | ||
| 22 | Bakri Hassan Saleh (born 1949) |
2 March 2017 | 10 September 2018 | National Congress Party | |
| 23 | Motazz Moussa (born 1967) |
10 September 2018 | 23 February 2019 | National Congress Party | |
| 24 | Mohamed Tahir Ayala (born 1951) |
23 February 2019 | 12 April 2019 (resigned). |
National Congress Party | |
| 25 | Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf | 11 April 2019 | 12 April 2019 | ||
| 26 | Abdel Fattah al-Burhan | 12 April 2019 | 21 August 2019 | ||
| 27 | Committee of Sovereignty | 21 August 2019 | 21 August 2019 | ||
| 28 | Abdalla Hamdok (born 1956) |
21 August 2019 | 25 October 2021 (deposed.) |
National Congress Party | |
| (26) | Abdel Fattah al-Burhan | 25 October 2021 | 21 November 2021 | ||
| 27 | Committee of Sovereignty | 21 November 2021 | 21 November 2021 | ||
| (28) | Abdalla Hamdok (born 1956) |
21 November 2021 | 2 January 2022 (resigned.) |
National Congress Party | |
| 27 | Committee of Sovereignty | 2 January 2022 | 19 January 2022 | ||
| 29 | Osman Hussein | 19 January 2022 | Incumbent | National Congress Party | |
References
- ↑ "Sudan's first PM since 1989 coup takes oath", Agence France-Presse, 2 March 2017.
- ↑ Khalid Abdelaziz, "Sudan's Bashir names long-time ally and general prime minister" Archived 2017-03-02 at the Wayback Machine, Reuters, 1 March 2017.
- ↑ "UNDP-POGAR: Arab Countries". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27.