List of heads of government of Sudan
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,[2] and recreated in 2017 when Bakri Hassan Saleh was appointed Prime Minister by President Omar al-Bashir.[3]
| Prime Minister of the Republic of the Sudan
رئيس وزراء جمهورية السودان | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Residence | Khartoum, Sudan |
| Appointer | Sovereignty Council[1] |
| Formation | 1 January 1956 |
| First holder | Ismail al-Azhari |
| Website | www |
The current Prime Minister is Abdalla Hamdok.
Heads of Government of Sudan (1952–present)
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1952–1956) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | ||
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | 
|
Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi (1885–1959)[a] |
22 October 1952 | November 1953 | 1 year, 10 days | National Umma Party |
| 2 | 
|
Ismail al-Azhari (1900–1969) |
6 January 1954 | 1 January 1956 | 1 year, 360 days | Democratic Unionist Party |
Republic of the Sudan (1956–1969) | ||||||
| (2) |
|
Ismail al-Azhari (1900–1969) |
1 January 1956 | 5 July 1956 | 1 year, 186 days | Democratic Unionist Party |
| 3 | 
|
Abdallah Khalil (1892–1970) |
5 July 1956 | 17 November 1958[b] | 2 years, 135 days | National Umma Party |
| 4 | 
|
Ibrahim Abboud (1900–1983) |
18 November 1958 | 30 October 1964[c] | 5 years, 347 days | Military |
| 5 | 
|
Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa (1919–2006) |
30 October 1964 | 2 June 1965 | 215 days | National Umma Party |
| 6 | 
|
Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub (1908–1976) |
10 June 1965 | 25 July 1966 | 1 year, 53 days | National Umma Party |
| 7 | 
|
Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935–2020)[d] |
27 July 1966 | 18 May 1967 | 295 days | National Umma Party |
| (6) |
|
Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub (1908–1976) |
18 May 1967 | 25 May 1969[e] | 2 years, 7 days | National Umma Party |
Democratic Republic of the Sudan (1969–1985) | ||||||
| 8 | 
|
Babiker Awadalla (1917–2019) |
25 May 1969 | 27 October 1969 | 155 days | Independent |
| 9 | 
|
Gaafar Nimeiry (1930–2009) |
28 October 1969 | 11 August 1976[f] | 6 years, 288 days | Military / Sudanese Socialist Union |
| 10 | 
|
Rashid Bakr (1932–1988) |
11 August 1976 | 10 September 1977 | 1 year, 30 days | Sudanese Socialist Union |
| (9) |
|
Gaafar Nimeiry (1930–2009) |
10 September 1977 | 6 April 1985[g] | 7 years, 208 days | Military / Sudanese Socialist Union |
| 11 | 
|
Al-Jazuli Daf'allah (born 1935) |
22 April 1985 | 10 October 1985[4] | 171 days | Independent |
Republic of the Sudan (1985–present) | ||||||
| (11) |
|
Al-Jazuli Daf'allah (born 1935) |
10 October 1985[4] | 6 May 1986 | 208 days | Independent |
| (7) | 
|
Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935–2020)[d] |
6 May 1986 | 30 June 1989[h] | 3 years, 55 days | National Umma Party |
| Post abolished (30 June 1989 – 2 March 2017) | ||||||
| style="background:Template:National Congress (Sudan)/meta/color;" | 12 | 
|
Bakri Hassan Saleh (born 1949) |
2 March 2017 | 10 September 2018 | 1 year, 192 days | National Congress Party |
| style="background:Template:National Congress (Sudan)/meta/color;" | 13 | 
|
Motazz Moussa (born 1967) |
10 September 2018 | 23 February 2019 | 166 days | National Congress Party |
| style="background:Template:National Congress (Sudan)/meta/color;" | 14 |
|
Mohamed Tahir Ayala (born 1951) |
23 February 2019 | 11 April 2019[i] | 47 days | National Congress Party |
| Post vacant (11 April – 21 August 2019) | ||||||
| 15 | 
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Abdalla Hamdok (born 1956) |
21 August 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 12 days | Independent |
Notes
- ↑ Posthumous son of Muhammad Ahmad; Imam of the Ansar.
- ↑ Carried out a self-coup against his own government.
- ↑ Resigned after mass protests.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Grandson of Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi; Imam of the Ansar.
- ↑ Deposed in the 1969 coup d'état.
- ↑ Briefly interrupted during the 19–22 July 1971 coup d'état.
- ↑ Deposed in the 1985 coup d'état.
- ↑ Deposed in the 1989 coup d'état.
- ↑ Deposed in the 2019 coup d'état.
References
- ↑ Abdalla Hamdok: Who is Sudan's new prime minister?. 2019-08-21. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/abdalla-hamdok-sudan-prime-minister-190821104935717.html. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
- ↑ "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", Reuters, 1 March 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 [1]
