List of heads of government of Sudan

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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]

Prime Minister of the Republic of the Sudan
رئيس وزراء جمهورية السودان
Incumbent
Osman Hussein

since 19 January 2022
ResidenceKhartoum
SeatKhartoum
NominatorPresident
AppointerPresident
Formation1 January 1956
First holderIsmail al-Azhari
Websitewww.presidency.gov.sd/eng/

Titles of heads of government change

  • 1952–1956: Chief Minister
  • 1956–1989; 2017–present: Prime Minister

Heads of government of Sudan (1952–present) change

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1952–1956) change

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical partyHead(s) of state
(Term)
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi
(1885–1959)
[a]
22 October 1952November 19531 year, 10 daysNational Umma Party
2 Ismail al-Azhari
(1900–1969)
6 January 19541 January 19561 year, 360 daysDemocratic Unionist Party

Republic of the Sudan (1956–1969) change

(2) Ismail al-Azhari
(1900–1969)
1 January 19565 July 19561 year, 186 daysDemocratic Unionist PartySovereignty Council

(1956–1958)
3 Abdallah Khalil
(1892–1970)
5 July 195617 November 1958[b]2 years, 135 daysNational Umma Party
4 Ibrahim Abboud
(1900–1983)
18 November 195830 October 1964
(resigned.)
5 years, 347 daysMilitaryIbrahim Abboud

(1958–1964)
5 Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa
(1919–2006)
30 October 19642 June 1965
(resigned.)
215 daysNational Umma PartySirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa

(1964–1965)
6 Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub
(1908–1976)
10 June 196525 July 19661 year, 53 daysNational Umma PartyIsmail al-Azhari

(1965–1969)
7 Sadiq al-Mahdi
(1935–2020)
[c]
27 July 196618 May 1967295 daysNational Umma Party
(6) Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub
(1908–1976)
18 May 196725 May 1969
(deposed.)
2 years, 7 daysNational Umma Party

Democratic Republic of the Sudan (1969–1985) change

8 Babiker Awadalla
(1917–2019)
25 May 196927 October 1969155 daysIndependentGaafar Nimeiry

(1971–1985)[d]
9 Gaafar Nimeiry
(1930–2009)
28 October 1969
[e]
11 August 19766 years, 288 daysMilitary /
Sudanese Socialist Union
10 Rashid Bakr
(1933–1988)
11 August 197610 September 19771 year, 30 daysSudanese Socialist Union
(9) Gaafar Nimeiry
(1930–2009)
10 September 19776 April 1985
(deposed.)
7 years, 208 daysMilitary /
Sudanese Socialist Union
11 Al-Jazuli Daf'allah
(born 1935)
22 April 198510 October 1985[3]171 daysIndependentAbdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab

(1985–1986)

Republic of the Sudan (1985–present) change

(11) Al-Jazuli Daf'allah
(born 1935)
10 October 1985[3]6 May 1986208 daysIndependentAbdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab

(1985–1986)
(7) Sadiq al-Mahdi
(1935–2020)
[c]
6 May 198630 June 1989
(deposed.)
3 years, 55 daysNational Umma PartyAhmed al-Mirghani
(1986–1989)
Post abolished (30 June 1989 – 2 March 2017)
12 Bakri Hassan Saleh
(born 1949)
2 March 201710 September 20181 year, 192 daysNational Congress PartyOmar al-Bashir

(1989–2019)
13 Motazz Moussa
(born 1967)
10 September 201823 February 2019166 daysNational Congress Party
14 Mohamed Tahir Ayala
(born 1951)
23 February 201921 August 2019
(resigned).
179 daysNational Congress Party
15 Abdalla Hamdok
(born 1956)
21 August 201925 October 2021
(deposed.)
2 years, 65 daysNational Congress PartyAbdel Fattah al-Burhan

(2021–present)[f]
Post vacant (25 October 2021 – 21 November 2021)
(15) Abdalla Hamdok
(born 1956)
21 November 20212 January 2022
(resigned.)
42 daysNational Congress PartyAbdel Fattah al-Burhan

(2021–present)
16 Osman Hussein19 January 2022[g]Incumbent2 years, 122 daysNational Congress Party
  1. Posthumous son of Muhammad Ahmad; Imam of the Ansar.
  2. Carried out a self-coup against his own government.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Grandson of Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi; Imam of the Ansar.
  4. Acting: 1969–1971
  5. Briefly interrupted during the 19–22 July 1971 coup d'état.
  6. Acting: 2019–2021
  7. Acting: 2–19 January 2022

References change

  1. "Sudan's first PM since 1989 coup takes oath", Agence France-Presse, 2 March 2017.
  2. Khalid Abdelaziz, "Sudan's Bashir names long-time ally and general prime minister", Reuters, 1 March 2017.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "UNDP-POGAR: Arab Countries". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27.