Vice President of Sudan

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The Vice President of Sudan is the second highest political position obtainable in Sudan. Currently there is a provision for two Vice Presidents, who are appointed by the President of Sudan. Historically either the First or the Second Vice President was from Southern Sudan.

Vice Presidents[edit]

First Vice Presidents[edit]

Title Name Inaugurated Left Office Notes
Deputy Chairman of Junta Babiker Awadalla May 1969 1971 [1]
Vice President Abel Alier 1971 1972 From Southern Sudan
First Vice President Major Gen. Mohamed Al-Baghir Ahmed 1972 1976 [1]
First Vice President Major Abuelgasim Mohamed Hashim 1976 1979 [1]
First Vice President Lt. General Abdul Majid Hamid Khalil 1979 1982 [2][1]
First Vice President Major Gen. Omar Muhammad al-Tayib 1982 April 1985 [3][1] Also Head of the State Security Organization
Deputy Chairman of the Transitional Military Council Taj el-Deen Abdallah Fadl April 1985 May 1986 [4]
Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council Abd al-Rahman Saeed 1986 1989
Deputy Chairman of Junta Major Gen. Zubair Mohamed Salih June 1989 October 1993 [5][1]
Vice President Major Gen. Zubair Mohamed Salih October 1993 February 1994
First Vice President Major Gen. Zubair Mohamed Salih February 1994 February 12, 1998 [6]
First Vice President Ali Osman Taha February 1998 January 9, 2005 [6]
First Vice President John Garang January 9, 2005 July 30, 2005 [1]From Southern Sudan
First Vice President Salva Kiir Mayardit August 11, 2005 July 9, 2011 [1]From Southern Sudan[7] Left when South Sudan became independent.
First Vice President Ali Osman Taha September 13, 2011 December 6, 2013 [1][8]
First Vice President Bakri Hassan Saleh December 7, 2013 Incumbent Concurrently serving as Prime Minister of Sudan since 2 March 2017

Second Vice Presidents[edit]

Title Name Inaugurated Left Office Notes
Deputy Chairman of Junta Major Gen. Khalid Hassan Abbas May 1969 1971 [9]
Second Vice President Abel Alier 1972 1982 From Southern Sudan[6]
Second Vice President Joseph Lagu 1982 April 1985 From Southern Sudan[6]
Second Vice President George Kongor Arop February 1994 October 2000 From Southern Sudan[10][9]
Second Vice President Moses Kacoul Machar February 2001 January 2005 [9]From Southern Sudan
Second Vice President Ali Osman Taha July 9, 2005 September 13, 2011 [7]
Second Vice President Alhaj Adam Yousef September 13, 2011 December 7, 2013 Position reserved for a National Congress Party representative from Darfur [11]
Second Vice President Hassabu Mohamed Abdalrahman December 7, 2013 Incumbent

Third Vice Presidents[edit]

Title Name Inaugurated Left Office Notes
Third Vice President Rashid Bakr[12] August 11, 1976 September 10, 1977 Also Prime Minister, possibly also 1977–1979[9]
Third Vice President Major Gen. Omar Muhammad al-Tayib 1981 1982 [9]

Assistants and advisors to the President[edit]

Senior Assistants to the President[edit]

  • Riek Machar (7 August 1997 – 31 January 2000; from Southern Sudan)
  • Minni Minnawi (23 April 2007 – 6 December 2010; from Darfur)

Assistants to the President[edit]

Advisors to the President[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Sudan Presidency: The First Vice–Presidents of the Republic Archived December 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ [2]
  4. ^ Sudan Presidency
  5. ^ Sudan Presidency
  6. ^ a b c d [3]
  7. ^ a b [4]
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2011. 
  9. ^ a b c d e Sudan Presidency: Vice–Presidents of the Republic Archived December 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ^ [5]
  11. ^ http://www.radiodabanga.org/node/16402
  12. '^ Europa World Year Book 1985, Volume II, p. 2625
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