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 ,[ 1] and reestablished in 2017 when Bakri Hassan Saleh was appointed prime minister by President Omar al-Bashir .[ 2]
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 .[ 3] On 25 October 2021, Hamdok was deposed and placed under house arrest, following a coup d'état .[ 4] On 21 November 2021, Hamdok was reinstated as prime minister as part of an agreement with the military.[ 5] [ 6] On 2 January 2022, Hamdok resigned as prime minister.[ 7]
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
1
Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi (1885–1959) [ a]
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
(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[ b]
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) [ c]
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
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[ d]
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
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) [ 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
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
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)[ e]
(15)
21 November 2021
2 January 2022
42 days
Independent
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Osman Hussein Acting Prime Minister
19 January 2022
Incumbent
3 years, 4 days
Independent
Timeline
Notes
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