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Prime Minister of the Republic of the Sudan
رئيس وزراء جمهورية السودان (Arabic)
Flag of Sudan
Incumbent Osman Hussein Acting since 19 January 2022
Executive branch of the Sudanese Government
Residence	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, from the establishment 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, and reestablished in 2017 when Bakri Hassan Saleh was appointed prime minister by President Omar al-Bashir.

Abdalla Hamdok was appointed as prime minister by the Transitional Sovereignty Council on 21 August 2019, as part of the country's transition to democracy. On 25 October 2021, Hamdok was deposed and placed under house arrest, following a coup d'état. On 21 November 2021, Hamdok was reinstated as prime minister as part of an agreement with the military. On 2 January 2022, Hamdok resigned as prime minister.

Titles of heads of government

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

Heads of government of Sudan (1952–present)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Head(s) of state (Term)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1952–1956)
1		Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi (1885–1959)	22 October 1952	November 1953	1 year, 10 days	National Umma Party
2		Ismail al-Azhari (1900–1969)	6 January 1954	1 January 1956	1 year, 360 days	Democratic Unionist Party
Republic of Sudan (1956–1969)
(2)		Ismail al-Azhari (1900–1969)	1 January 1956	5 July 1956	186 days	Democratic Unionist Party		Sovereignty Council (1956–1958)
3		Abdallah Khalil (1892–1970)	5 July 1956	17 November 1958	2 years, 135 days	National Umma Party
4		Ibrahim Abboud (1900–1983)	18 November 1958	30 October 1964 (resigned)	5 years, 347 days	Military		Ibrahim Abboud (1958–1964)
5		Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa (1919–2006)	30 October 1964	2 June 1965	215 days	National Umma Party		Committees of Sovereignty (1964–1965)
6		Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub (1908–1976)	10 June 1965	25 July 1966	1 year, 53 days	National Umma Party		Ismail al-Azhari (1965–1969)
7		Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935–2020)	27 July 1966	18 May 1967	295 days	National Umma Party
(6)		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)
8		Babiker Awadalla (1917–2019)	25 May 1969	27 October 1969	155 days	Independent		Gaafar Nimeiry (1969–1985)
9		Gaafar Nimeiry (1928–2009)	28 October 1969	11 August 1976	6 years, 288 days	Military / Sudanese Socialist Union
10		Rashid Bakr (1933–1988)	11 August 1976	10 September 1977	1 year, 30 days	Sudanese Socialist Union
(9)		Gaafar Nimeiry (1928–2009)	10 September 1977	6 April 1985 (deposed)	7 years, 208 days	Military / Sudanese Socialist Union
Republic of Sudan (1985–2019)
11		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)		Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935–2020)	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		Bakri Hassan Saleh (born 1949)	2 March 2017	10 September 2018	1 year, 192 days	National Congress Party		Omar al-Bashir (1989–2019)
13		Motazz Moussa (born 1967)	10 September 2018	23 February 2019	166 days	National Congress Party
14		Mohamed Tahir Ayala (born 1951)	23 February 2019	11 April 2019 (deposed)	47 days	National Congress Party
Transitional period (2019–present)
Post vacant (11 April – 21 August 2019)
15		Abdalla Hamdok (born 1956)	21 August 2019	25 October 2021 (deposed)	2 years, 65 days	Forces of Freedom and Change		Transitional Sovereignty Council (2019–present)
(15)			21 November 2021	2 January 2022	42 days	Independent
—		Osman Hussein Acting Prime Minister	19 January 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 336 days	Independent

Timeline

Notes

1. Posthumous son of Muhammad Ahmad; Imam of the Ansar.
2. Carried out a self-coup against his own government.
3. ^ Grandson of Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi; Imam of the Ansar.
4. Briefly interrupted during the 19–22 July 1971 coup d'état.
5. 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

• 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

1. "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.
2. Khalid Abdelaziz (1 March 2017). "Sudan's Bashir names long-time ally and general prime minister". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
3. "Abdalla Hamdok: Who is Sudan's new prime minister?". Al Jazeera English. 21 August 2019. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
4. Khalid Abdelaziz (25 October 2021). "Sudan PM, ministers detained in apparent military coup". Reuters. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
5. "Sudan's Hamdok reinstated as PM after political agreement signed". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
6. "Sudan military reinstates PM Hamdok after deal". Reuters. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
7. "Sudan PM Abdalla Hamdok resigns amid political deadlock". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

External links

• World Statesmen – Sudan

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Republic of Sudan (1956–1969)	al-Azhari Khalil Abboud† Al-Khalifa Mahgoub al-Mahdi Mahgoub
Democratic Republic of Sudan (1969–1985)	Awadalla Nimeiry† Bakr Nimeiry†
Republic of Sudan (1985–2019)	Daf'allah al-Mahdi post abolished, 1989–2017 Saleh Moussa Ayala
Transitional period (2019–present)	vacant, 2019 Hamdok vacant, 2021 Hamdok vacant, 2022 Hussein*
† military * acting

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• Prime ministers of Sudan
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