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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, and reestablished in 2017 as deputy head of government when Bakri Hassan Saleh was appointed prime minister by President Omar al-Bashir.

The current prime minister is Kamil Idris. He was appointed by the Transitional Sovereignty Council on 31 May 2025.

Titles of heads of government

  • 1952–1956: Chief Minister
  • 1956–1989; 2019–present: Prime Minister

Heads of government of Sudan

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

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! rowspan="2" width="90px" | Portrait

! rowspan="2" | Name<br />

! colspan="3" | Term of office

! rowspan="2" | Political party

! rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Head(s) of state<br />

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! Took office

! Left office

! Time in office

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Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1952–1956)

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| Abdul Rahman al-Mahdi<br /><br />

| 22 October 1952

| November 1953

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| National Umma Party

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| Ismail al-Azhari<br />

| 6 January 1954

| 1 January 1956

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| Democratic Unionist Party

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! style="font-weight:normal" |First Sovereignty Council<br />90px<br />

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! colspan="9" |

Republic of Sudan (1956–1969)

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| 90px

| Ismail al-Azhari<br />

| 1 January 1956

| 5 July 1956

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| Democratic Unionist Party

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! rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |First Sovereignty Council<br />90px<br />

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| 90px

| Abdallah Khalil<br />

| 5 July 1956

| 17 November 1958

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| National Umma Party

|-

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| 90px

| Ibrahim Abboud<br />

| 18 November 1958

| 30 October 1964<br />

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| Military

! style="background:;"|

! style="font-weight:normal" |Ibrahim Abboud<br />90px<br />

|-

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| 90px

| Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa<br />

| 30 October 1964

| 2 June 1965

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| Independent

! style="background:;"|

! style="font-weight:normal" |Second Sovereignty Council<br />90px<br />

|-

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| 90px

| Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub<br />

| 10 June 1965

| 25 July 1966

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| National Umma Party

! rowspan="3" style="background:;"|

! rowspan="3" style="font-weight:normal" |Third Sovereignty Council<br />90px<br /><hr />Ismail al-Azhari<br />90px<br />

|-

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| 90px

| Sadiq al-Mahdi<br /><br />

| 27 July 1966

| 18 May 1967

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| National Umma Party

|-

! style="background:;" |

| 90px

| Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub<br />

| 18 May 1967

| 25 May 1969<br />

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| National Umma Party

|-

! colspan="9" |

Democratic Republic of Sudan (1969–1985)

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| Babiker Awadalla<br />

| 25 May 1969

| 27 October 1969

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| Independent

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! rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal" |Gaafar Nimeiry<br />90px<br />

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! style="background:;" |

| 90px

| Gaafar Nimeiry<br />

| 28 October 1969<br />

| 11 August 1976

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| Military / <br /> Sudanese Socialist Union

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| 90px

| Rashid Bakr<br />

| 11 August 1976

| 10 September 1977

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| Sudanese Socialist Union

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| 90px

| Gaafar Nimeiry<br />

| 10 September 1977

| 6 April 1985<br />

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| Military / <br /> Sudanese Socialist Union

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! colspan="9" |

Republic of Sudan (1985–2019)

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| Al-Jazuli Daf'allah<br />

| 22 April 1985

| 6 May 1986

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| Independent

! style="background:;"|

! style="font-weight:normal" |Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab<br />90px<br />

|-

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| 90px

| Sadiq al-Mahdi<br /><br />

| 6 May 1986

| 30 June 1989<br />

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| National Umma Party

! style="background:;"|

! style="font-weight:normal" |Ahmed al-Mirghani<br />90px<br />

|-

| colspan="9" | Post abolished (30 June 1989 – 2 March 2017)

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| Bakri Hassan Saleh<br />

| 2 March 2017

| 10 September 2018

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| National Congress Party

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! rowspan="3" style="font-weight:normal" |Omar al-Bashir<br />90px<br />

|-

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| 90px

| Motazz Moussa<br />

| 10 September 2018

| 22 February 2019

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| National Congress Party

|-

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| 90px

| Mohamed Tahir Ayala<br />

| 24 February 2019

| 11 April 2019<br />

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| National Congress Party

|-

! colspan="9" |

Transitional period (2019–present)

|-

| colspan="9" | Post vacant (11 April – 21 August 2019)

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| rowspan="2" | Abdalla Hamdok<br />

| 21 August 2019

| 25 October 2021<br />

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| Forces of Freedom and Change

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! rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal" |Transitional Sovereignty Council<br />90px<br />

|-

! style="background:;" |

| 21 November 2021

| 2 January 2022

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| Independent

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! style="background:;" |

| 90px

| Osman Hussein<br />

| 19 January 2022

| 30 April 2025

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| Independent

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! style="background:;" |

| 90px

| Dafallah al-Haj Ali<br />

| 30 April 2025

| 31 May 2025

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| Independent

|-

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| 90px

| Kamil Idris<br />

| 31 May 2025

| Incumbent

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| Independent

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Timeline

Notes

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

  • World Statesmen – Sudan