List of heads of state of Sudan

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President of the Republic of the Sudan
رئيس جمهورية السودان
Presidential Standard
Incumbent
Eleven-member
Sovereignty Council
(collective presidency)
since 21 August 2019
ResidenceRepublican Palace
Khartoum, Sudan
Term length39 months[1]
Formation17 November 1958
21 August 2019 (under the current constitution and in current form)
First holderFive-member Sovereignty Council (collective presidency)
Salary29,320 USD annually[2]
Websitewww.presidency.gov.sd/eng/
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This article lists the heads of state of Sudan since the country's independence in 1956.

History of the office

Since independence was proclaimed on 1 January 1956, six individuals (and three multi-member sovereignty councils) have served as head of state of Sudan, currently under the title President of the Republic of the Sudan. Prior to independence, Sudan was governed as a condominium by Egypt and the United Kingdom, under the name Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. As such, executive power was vested in a dyarchy consisting of both countries' heads of state – at the time of independence, the Queen of the United Kingdom (Elizabeth II) and the Egyptian Revolutionary Command Council (headed by Gamal Abdel Nasser). Immediately following independence, the role of head of state was filled by a five-member Sovereignty Council, with rival nationalist factions unable to agree on a single candidate. In November 1958, General Ibrahim Abboud led a military coup d'état, assuming the role of head of state as Chairman of the Supreme Council. Assuming the title of president in 1964, he resigned later that year due to general discontent around the rule of the military regime. Abboud was succeeded by a senior civil servant, Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa, who served as acting president for 18 days before transferring executive authority to a Committee of Sovereignty.

Ismail al-Azhari, the leader of the National Unionist Party, was made president in July 1965, and ruled with limited power until he was deposed in 1969. The military officers responsible for the coup established the National Revolutionary Command Council, chaired by Gaafar Nimeiry. Nimeiry, the leader of the newly formed Sudanese Socialist Union, assumed the position of president in 1971, and subsequently established a one-party state, which existed until 1985, when a group of military officers overthrew his government and established the 1985 Transitional Military Council, led by Field Marshal Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab. Ahmed al-Mirghani succeeded to the relatively powerless position of Chairman of the Supreme Council in 1986, after multi-party election held that year. He was deposed in a 1989 military coup led by Lieutenant-General Omar al-Bashir. Al-Bashir served as head of state, under the title of Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation from 1989 to 1993 and as president from 1993 to 2019 (and from 1996 as the leader of the National Congress Party). Al-Bashir was removed from power by the Sudanese Armed Forces on 11 April 2019, amid ongoing protests after holding the office for nearly 30 years. Lieutenant-General Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf took control of Sudan without becoming head of state, established the 2019 Transitional Military Council, but resigned the following day in favor of Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.[3]

Titles of heads of state

Heads of State of Sudan (1956–present)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Republic of the Sudan (1956–1969)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Elected Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Sovereignty Council[a] — 1 January 1956 17 November 1958 2 years, 320 days Multipartisan
style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color;" | 2 Ibrahim Abboud
(1900–1983) 		— 17 November 1958 16 November 1964[b] 5 years, 365 days Military
style="background:Template:National Umma Party/meta/color;" | — Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa
(1919–2006)
Acting President 		— 16 November 1964 3 December 1964 17 days National Umma Party
3 First Committee of Sovereignty[c] — 3 December 1964 10 June 1965 189 days Multipartisan
4 Second Committee of Sovereignty[d] — 10 June 1965 8 July 1965 28 days Multipartisan
style="background:Template:Democratic Unionist Party (Sudan)/meta/color;" | 5 Ismail al-Azhari
(1900–1969) 		— 8 July 1965 25 May 1969[e] 3 years, 321 days Democratic Unionist Party

Democratic Republic of the Sudan (1969–1985)

style="background:Template:Sudanese Socialist Union/meta/color;" | 6 Gaafar Nimeiry
(1930–2009) 		1971[f]
1977
1983 		25 May 1969 6 April 1985[g] 15 years, 316 days Military /
Sudanese Socialist Union
style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color;" | 7 Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab
(1934–2018) 		— 6 April 1985 10 October 1985[4] 187 days Military

Republic of the Sudan (1985–present)

style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color;" | (7) Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab
(1934–2018) 		— 10 October 1985[4] 6 May 1986 208 days Military
style="background:Template:Democratic Unionist Party (Sudan)/meta/color;" | 8 Ahmed al-Mirghani
(1941–2008) 		— 6 May 1986 30 June 1989[h] 3 years, 55 days Democratic Unionist Party
style="background:Template:National Congress (Sudan)/meta/color;" | 9 Omar al-Bashir
(born 1944) 		1996
2000
2010
2015 		30 June 1989 11 April 2019[i] 29 years, 285 days Military /
National Congress Party
style="background:Template:National Congress (Sudan)/meta/color;" | 10 Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf
(born 1957) 		— 11 April 2019 12 April 2019 1 day Military /
National Congress Party
style="background:Template:Military rule/meta/color;" | 11 Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
(born 1960) 		— 12 April 2019 20 August 2019 130 days Military
12 Sovereignty Council
[j] 		— 21 August 2019 Incumbent 4 years, 269 days Multipartisan
(FFC and TMC)

Latest election

Main article: 2015 Sudanese general election
Candidate Party Votes %
style="background-color: Template:National Congress (Sudan)/meta/color"| Omar al-Bashir National Congress 5,252,478 94.05
Fadl el-Sayed Shuiab Federal Truth Party 79,779 1.43
Fatima Abdel Mahmoud Sudanese Socialist Democratic Union 47,653 0.85
Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed National Reform Party 42,399 0.76
Abdul Mahmoud Abdul Jabar Rahamtalla Union of the Nation's Forces 41,134 0.74
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Hamdi Hassan Ahmed Independent 18,043 0.32
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Mohamed Ahmed Abdul Gadir Al Arbab Independent 16,966 0.30
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Yasser Yahiya Salih Abdul Gadir Independent 16,609 0.30
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Khairi Bakhit Independent 11,852 0.21
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Adel Dafalla Jabir Independent 9,435 0.17
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Mohamed Awad Al Barow Independent 9,388 0.17
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Asad Al Nil Adel Yassin Al Saafi Independent 9,359 0.17
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Alam Al Huda Ahmed Osman Mohamed Ali Independent 8,133 0.15
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Ahmed Al Radhi Jadalla Salem Independent 7,751 0.14
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Isaam Al Ghali Tajj Eddin Ali Independent 7,587 0.14
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Omar Awad Al Karim Hussein Ali Independent 6,297 0.11
Invalid/blank votes 506,549 –
Total 6,091,412 100
Registered voters/turnout 13,126,989 46.40
Source: NEC

Notes

  1. ^ Members: Abdel Fattah Muhammad al-Maghrabi, Muhammad Ahmad Yasin, Ahmad Muhammad Salih, Muhammad Othman al-Dardiri and Siricio Iro Wani.
  2. ^ Resigned after mass protests.
  3. ^ Members: Abdel Halim Muhammad, Tijani al-Mahi, Mubarak Shaddad, Ibrahim Yusuf Sulayman and Luigi Adwok Bong Gicomeho.
  4. ^ Members: Ismail al-Azhari, Abdullah al-Fadil al-Mahdi, Luigi Adwok Bong Gicomeho, Abdel Halim Muhammad and Khidr Hamad.
  5. ^ Deposed in the 1969 coup d'état.
  6. ^ Presidency referendum.
  7. ^ Briefly interrupted during the 19–22 July 1971 coup d'état. Deposed in the 1985 coup d'état.
  8. ^ Deposed in the 1989 coup d'état.
  9. ^ Deposed in the 2019 coup d'état.
  10. ^ Members:[5] Chairman Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, Yasser al-Atta, Shams al-Din Khabbashi, Salah Abdel Khaliq, Aisha Musa el-Said, Siddiq Tawer, Mohamed al-Faki, Hassan Sheikh Idris, Mohammed Hassan al-Ta'ishi[6] and Raja Nicola.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sudan: Civilian-majority ruling council sworn in". Deutsche Welle. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  2. ^ "The highest and lowest paid African presidents - Business Daily". Business Daily.
  3. ^ El Sirgany, Sarah; Elbagir, Nima; Abdullah, Yasir (11 April 2019). "Sudan's President Bashir forced out in military coup". cnn.com. CNN. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  4. ^ a b [1]
  5. ^ "Sudan opposition coalition appoints five civilian members of sovereign council". Thomson Reuters. 2019-08-18. Archived from the original on 2019-08-18. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
  6. ^ "FFC finally agree on nominees for Sudan's Sovereign Council". Sudan Tribune. 2019-08-20. Archived from the original on 2019-08-20. Retrieved 2019-08-20.

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