List of heads of state of Sudan

President of the Republic of Sudan
Presidential Standard of Sudan
Incumbent Omar al-Bashir since 30 June 1989
Residence	Republican Palace, Khartoum, Sudan
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Sovereignty Council
Formation	1 January 1956
Deputy	Vice President of Sudan
Website	www.presidency.gov.sd/en/

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List of heads of state of Sudan

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Republic of Sudan
1 January 1956 to 17 November 1958	Sovereignty Council
		Abdel Fattah Muhammad al-Maghrabi
		Muhammad Ahmad Yasin
		Ahmad Muhammad Salih
		Muhammad Othman al-Dardiri
		Siricio Iro Wani
18 November 1958 to 31 October 1964		Ibrahim Abboud, Chairman of the Supreme Council	Mil
31 October 1964 to 16 November 1964		Ibrahim Abboud, President		Resigned after mass protests
16 November 1964 to 3 December 1964		Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa, Acting President	UNF
3 December 1964 to 10 June 1965	First Committee of Sovereignty
		Abdel Halim Muhammad		1st Term
		Tijani al-Mahi
		Mubarak Shaddad
		Ibrahim Yusuf Sulayman
		Luigi Adwok Bong Gicomeho
10 June 1965 to 8 July 1965	Second Committee of Sovereignty
		Ismail al-Azhari	NUP
		Abdullah al-Fadil al-Mahdi
		Luigi Adwok Bong Gicomeho
		Abdel Halim Muhammad		2nd Term
		Khidr Hamad
8 July 1965 to 1967		Ismail al-Azhari, Chairman of the Sovereignty Council	NUP
1967 to 25 May 1969			DUP	Deposed in the 1969 coup d'etat
Democratic Republic of Sudan
25 May 1969 to 12 October 1971		Gaafar Nimeiry, Chairman of the National Revolutionary Command Council	Mil	Briefly interrupted during the 19-22 July 1971 coup d'etat
12 October 1971 to 6 April 1985		Gaafar Nimeiry, President	SSU	Deposed in the 1985 coup d'etat
6 April 1985 to 9 April 1985		Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, Commander-in-Chief	Mil
9 April 1985 to 15 December 1985		Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, Chairman of the Transitional Military Council
Republic of Sudan
15 December 1985 to 6 May 1986		Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, Chairman of the Transitional Military Council	Mil
6 May 1986 to 30 June 1989		Ahmed al-Mirghani, Chairman of the Supreme Council	DUP	Deposed in the 1989 coup d'etat
30 June 1989 to 16 October 1993		Omar al-Bashir, Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation	Mil
16 October 1993 to 1996		Omar al-Bashir, President
1996 to Present			NC

Affiliations

• UNF - United National Front
• NUP - National Unionist Party
• DUP - Democratic Unionist Party (renamed National Unionist Party)
• SSU - Sudanese Socialist Union
• UMMA - National Umma Party Sudan
• NC - National Congress
• Mil - Military
• n-p - Non-partisan

Latest election

Main article: Sudanese general election, 2010

 Summary of the 11–15 April 2010 Sudanese presidential election results

Candidates - Parties	Votes	%
Omar Hassan al-Bashir – National Congress	6,901,694	68.24%
Yasir Arman – Sudan People’s Liberation Movement	2,193,826	21.69%
Abdullah Deng Nhial – Popular Congress Party	396,139	3.92%
Hatim Al-Sir – Democratic Unionist Party	195,668	1.93%
Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi – Umma Party	96,868	0.96%
Kamil Idriss – independent	77,132	0.76%
Mahmood Ahmed Jeha – independent	71,708	0.71%
Mubarak al-Fadil – Umma Reform and Renewal Party	49,402	0.49%
Munir Sheikh El-din Jallab – New National Democratic Party	40,277	0.40%
Abdel-Aziz Khalid – Sudanese National Alliance	34,592	0.34%
Fatima Abdel-Mahmood – Sudanese Socialist Democratic Union	30,562	0.30%
Mohamed Ibrahim Nugud – Sudanese Communist Party	26,442	0.26%
Total votes	10,114,310	100.00%
Source: Sudan Tribune

See also

• Sudan
  • Politics of Sudan
  • List of governors of pre-independence Sudan
  • Vice President of Sudan
  • List of heads of government of Sudan
• Lists of Incumbents

External links

• Official website of the President of Sudan
• World Statesmen - Sudan