List of heads of government of Sudan
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| Prime Minister of the Republic of Sudan | |
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| رئيس وزراء جمهورية السودان (Arabic) | |
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| Executive branch of the Sudanese Government | |
| Seat | Khartoum |
| Appointer | Transitional Sovereignty Council |
| Formation | 1 January 1956 |
| First holder | Ismail al-Azhari |
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This article lists the heads of government of Sudan since the establishment of the office of Chief Minister of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan in 1952.
The office of prime minister was abolished after the 1989 coup d'état,[1] and reestablished in 2017 as deputy head of government when Bakri Hassan Saleh was appointed prime minister by President Omar al-Bashir.[2]
The current prime minister is Kamil Idris. He was appointed by the Transitional Sovereignty Council on 31 May 2025.[3][4]
Titles of heads of government
[edit]- 1952–1956: Chief Minister
- 1956–1989; 2019–present: Prime Minister
Heads of government of Sudan
[edit](Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Head(s) of state (Term) | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1952–1956)[edit] | ||||||||
| 1 | 
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Abdul Rahman al-Mahdi (1885–1959) [a] |
22 October 1952 | November 1953 | 1 year, 10 days | National Umma Party | ||
| 2 | 
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Ismail al-Azhari (1900–1969) |
6 January 1954 | 1 January 1956 | 1 year, 360 days | Democratic Unionist Party | First Sovereignty Council.svg) (1955–1958) | |
| (2) |
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Ismail al-Azhari (1900–1969) |
1 January 1956 | 5 July 1956 | 186 days | Democratic Unionist Party | First Sovereignty Council (1955–1958) | |
| 3 | 
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Abdallah Khalil (1892–1970) |
5 July 1956 | 17 November 1958[b] | 2 years, 135 days | National Umma Party | ||
| 4 | 
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Ibrahim Abboud (1900–1983) |
18 November 1958 | 30 October 1964 (Resigned) |
5 years, 347 days | Military | Ibrahim Abboud (1958–1964) | |
| 5 | 
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Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa (1919–2006) |
30 October 1964 | 2 June 1965 | 215 days | Independent | Second Sovereignty Council (1964–1965) | |
| 6 | 
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Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub (1908–1976) |
10 June 1965 | 25 July 1966 | 1 year, 53 days | National Umma Party | Third Sovereignty Council (1965–1969) Ismail al-Azhari (1965–1969) | |
| 7 | 
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Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935–2020) [c] |
27 July 1966 | 18 May 1967 | 295 days | National Umma Party | ||
| (6) |
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Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub (1908–1976) |
18 May 1967 | 25 May 1969 (Deposed) |
2 years, 7 days | National Umma Party | ||
Democratic Republic of Sudan (1969–1985)[edit] | ||||||||
| 8 | 
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Babiker Awadalla (1917–2019) |
25 May 1969 | 27 October 1969 | 155 days | Independent | Gaafar Nimeiry (1969–1985) | |
| 9 |
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Gaafar Nimeiry (1928–2009) |
28 October 1969 [d] |
11 August 1976 | 6 years, 288 days | Military / Sudanese Socialist Union | ||
| 10 | 
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Rashid Bakr (1933–1988) |
11 August 1976 | 10 September 1977 | 1 year, 30 days | Sudanese Socialist Union | ||
| (9) |
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Gaafar Nimeiry (1928–2009) |
10 September 1977 | 6 April 1985 (Deposed) |
7 years, 208 days | Military / Sudanese Socialist Union | ||
| 11 | 
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Al-Jazuli Daf'allah (born 1935) |
22 April 1985 | 6 May 1986 | 1 year, 14 days | Independent | Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (1985–1986) | |
| (7) | 
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Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935–2020) [c] |
6 May 1986 | 30 June 1989 (Deposed) |
3 years, 55 days | National Umma Party | Ahmed al-Mirghani (1986–1989) | |
| Post abolished (30 June 1989 – 2 March 2017) | ||||||||
| 12 | 
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Bakri Hassan Saleh (born 1949) |
2 March 2017 | 10 September 2018 | 1 year, 192 days | National Congress Party | Omar al-Bashir (1989–2019) | |
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Motazz Moussa (born 1967) |
10 September 2018 | 22 February 2019 | 165 days | National Congress Party | ||
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Mohamed Tahir Ayala (1951–2025) |
24 February 2019 | 11 April 2019 (Deposed) |
46 days | National Congress Party | ||
Transitional period (2019–present)[edit] | ||||||||
| Post vacant (11 April – 21 August 2019) | ||||||||
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Abdalla Hamdok (born 1956) |
21 August 2019 | 25 October 2021 (Deposed) |
2 years, 65 days | Forces of Freedom and Change | Transitional Sovereignty Council.jpg){kind=spacer} (2019–present)[e] | |
| (15) | 21 November 2021 | 2 January 2022 | 42 days | Independent | ||||
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Osman Hussein Acting Prime Minister |
19 January 2022 | 30 April 2025 | 3 years, 101 days | Independent | ||
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Dafallah al-Haj Ali Acting Prime Minister |
30 April 2025 | 31 May 2025 | 31 days | Independent | ||
| 16 |
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Kamil Idris (born 1954) |
31 May 2025 | Incumbent | 189 days | Independent | ||
Timeline
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Posthumous son of Muhammad Ahmad; Imam of the Ansar.
- ^ Carried out a self-coup against his own government.
- ^ a b Grandson of Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi; Imam of the Ansar.
- ^ Briefly interrupted during the 19–23 July 1971 coup d'état.
- ^ Briefly interrupted following the 2021 coup d'état, when Abdel Fattah al-Burhan served as head of state and there was no prime minister.
See also
[edit]- Politics of Sudan
- History of Sudan
- List of governors of pre-independence Sudan
- List of heads of state of Sudan
- Vice President of Sudan
References
[edit]- ^ "Sudan's first PM since 1989 coup takes oath". The Peninsula. Agence France-Presse. 2 March 2017. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ Emin Avundukluoğlu (2 March 2017). "Sudan gets PM for first time in 28 years". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "Sudan's new Prime Minister Idriss sworn in". Sudan Tribune. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "HEADS OF STATE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MINISTERS FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS" (PDF). United Nations.
External links
[edit]| Republic of Sudan (1956–1969) | | |
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| Democratic Republic of Sudan (1969–1985) | ||
| Republic of Sudan (1985–2019) | ||
| Transitional period (2019–present) | ||
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