List of heads of state of Sudan

President of the Republic of the Sudan رئيس جمهورية السودان
Presidential Standard
Incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Burhan de facto Head of State since 25 October 2021
Residence	Republican Palace, Khartoum
Formation	17 November 1958
First holder	Five-member Sovereignty Council (collective presidency)
Salary	29,320 USD annually
Website	www.presidency.gov.sd/eng/

This article lists the heads of state of Sudan since the country's independence in 1956.

Background

Since independence was proclaimed on 1 January 1956, six individuals (and three multi-member sovereignty councils) have served as head of state of Sudan. Sudan was governed as a condominium by Egypt and the United Kingdom, under the name Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.

In November 1958, General Ibrahim Abboud led a military coup d'état, assuming the role of head of state as Chairman of the Supreme Council. Assuming the title of president in 1964, he resigned later that year due to general discontent around the rule of the military regime.

Abboud was replaced by a senior civil servant, Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa, who served as acting president for 18 days before transferring executive authority to a Committee of Sovereignty.

List

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

	Portrait	Incumbent	Tenure		Party
			Turco-Egyptian Sudan
		Isma'il Kamil Pasha, Commander	1820	1821
		Muhammad Bey Defterdar, Commander	1821	1824
		Osman Bey Jarkas, Commander	September 1824	May 1825
		Mahu Bey Urfali, Commander	May 1825	March 1826
		Ali Khurshid Agha, Governor	March 1826	1835
		Ali Khurshid Pasha, Hakimdar	1835	June 1838
		Ahmad Pasha abu Widan, Hakimdar	June 1838	6 October 1843
		Ahmad Pasha Manikli (Manliki), Hakimdar	1843	1845
		Khalid Khusraw Pasha, Hakimdar	1845	1850
		'Abd al-Latif Pasha, Hakimdar	1850	January 1851
		Rustum Pasha Jarkas, Hakimdar	January 1851	May 1852
		Isma'il Haqqi Pasha abu Jabal, Hakimdar	May 1852	1853
		Salim Pasha Sa'ib al-Jaza'irli, Hakimdar	1853	1854
		Ali Pasha Sirri al-Arna'ut, Hakimdar	July 1854	November 1854
		Ali Pasha Jarkas, Governor	1854	1855
		Arakil Bey al-Armani, Governor	1856	1858
		Hasan Bey Salama Jarkas, Governor	1859	1861
		Muhammad Rasikh Bey, Governor	1861	1862
		Mūsā Pasha Ḥamdī, Hakimdar	1862	1865
		'Umar Bey Fakhri, acting Hakimdar	1865	November 1865
		Ja'afar Pasha Sadiq, Hakimdar	November 1865	1866
		Ja'afar Pasha Mazhar, Hakimdar	1866	5 February 1871
		Ahmad Mumtaz Pasha, Hakimdar	5 February 1871	October 1872
		Edhem Pasha al-Arifi at-Atqalawi, acting Hakimdar	October 1872	1872
		Al-Zubayr Rahma Mansur, Hakimdar	1872	18 May 1877
		Charles George Gordon ("Gordon Pasha"), Hakimdar	May 1877	December 1879
		Muhammad Rauf Pasha, Hakimdar	December 1879	February 1882
		Carl Christian Giegler ("Giegler Pasha"), acting Hakimdar	4 March 1882	11 May 1882
		'Abd al-Qadir Pasha Hilmi, Hakimdar	May 1882	March 1883
		'Ala al-Din Pasha Siddiq, Hakimdar	March 1883	5 November 1883
		Henry Watts Russell de Coetlogon, acting Hakimdar	February 1884	18 February 1884
		Charles George Gordon ("Gordon Pasha"), Hakimdar	18 February 1884	26 January 1885
		Territory of Turkish Sudan under complete control of Mahdiyah (Mahdist State)	26 January 1885	2 October 1898
			Mahdist State
		Muhammad Ahmad, Mahdi	29 June 1881	22 June 1885
		Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, Khalifa	22 June 1885	2 September 1898
			British Military Administration
		Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Military Governor	2 September 1898	19 January 1899
			Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (condominium)
		Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Governor-General	19 January 1899	22 December 1899
		Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, Governor-General	22 December 1899	31 December 1916
		Sir Lee Oliver Fitzmaurice Stack, Governor-General	1 January 1917	20 November 1924
		Wasey Sterry, acting Governor-General	21 November 1924	5 January 1925
		Sir Geoffrey Francis Archer, Governor-General	5 January 1925	6 July 1926
		Sir John Loader Maffey, Governor-General	31 October 1926	10 January 1934
		Sir George Stewart Symes, Governor-General	10 January 1934	19 October 1940
		Sir Hubert Jervoise Huddleston, Governor-General	19 October 1940	8 April 1947
		Sir Robert George Howe, Governor-General	8 April 1947	29 March 1954
		Sir Alexander Knox Helm, Governor-General	29 March 1954	12 December 1955
		Muhammad Ahmad Abu Rannat, acting Governor-General	12 December 1955	1 January 1956

List

#	Portrait	Name	Tenure		Party
1		Mohammed Noor El Din (1903—1985)	1956	1958	independent
2		Abdel Fattah Muhammad al-Maghrabi (1896—1977)
3		Ahmad Muhammad Saleh (1913—2008)			National Unionist Party
4		Othman Muhammad al-Dardiri (1898—1973)			independent
5		Siricio iro Wani (1919—1985)
6		Ibrahim Abboud (1900—1983)	1958	1964	military
7		Sirr al-Hatim al-Khalifa (1919—2006)	1964	1964	independent
8		Abdel Halim Mohammed (1910—2009)	1964	1965	National Umma Party
9		Tijani al-Mahi (1911—1970)			National Unionist Party
10		Mubarak al-Fadil Shaddad (1915—?)			independent
11		Ibrahim Yusuf Suleiman (1908—1982)			independent
12		Luigi Advok Bong Gicomeo (1929—2010)			independent
13		Abdullah al-Fadil al-Mahdi (1892—1966)	1965		National Umma Party
14		Luigi Advok Bong Gicomeo (1929—2010)
15		Abdel Halim Mohammed (1910—2009)			National Umma Party
16		Ismail al-Azhari (1900—1969)		1968	Unionist Democratic Party
17		Hamad, Khader (1908—1970)
18		Philemon Majok (1905—1982)
19		Ismail al-Azhari (1900—1969)	1965	1969	National Unionist Party
20		Jafar Mohammed Nimeiri (1930—2009)	1969	1971	military
21		Babiker al-Nur Osman (1935—1971)	1971	1971
22		Al-Ata, Hashim (1936—1971)	1971	1971
23		Jafar Mohammed Nimeiri (1930—2009)	1971	1971
24			1985	1985	Sudanese Socialist Union
25		Abdel Rahman Siwar ad-Dagab (1934—2018)	1985	1985	military
			1985	1985
27		Abdul Rahman Muhammad Hasan Siwar al-Dagab (1934—2018)	12|1985	6|5|1986	military
28		Ahmed Ali al-Mirghani (1941—2008)	5|1986	6|1989	Unionist Democratic Party
29		Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir (1944—)	6|1989	10|1993	military
			10|1993	3|1996
30			3|1996	2|2001	National Congress of Sudan
			2|2001	5|2010
			5|2010	2015
			6|2015	4|2019
31		Ahmed Awad ibn Auf (1954—)	4|2019	4|2019	Military
32		Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdurrahman (1960—)	4|2019	8|2019
33		Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdurrahman (1960—)	8|2019	10|2021	military
34		Muhammad Hamdan Daglo (1975—)
35		Yasser Abdurrahman Hasan al-Ata (?—)
36		Shams al-Din Kabashi
37		Ibrahim Jabir Karim (?—)
38		Aisha Musa al-Said		5|2021	Forces for freedom and change
39		Siddiq Tower Kafi (1959—)	25|10|2021		Sudanese Baath Party
40		Muhammad al-Faqi Suleiman			Unionist Association
41		Hassan Muhammad Idris (?—)			National Umma Party
42		Muhammad Hassan Othman at-Taisha (1973—)			Forces for freedom and change
43		Raja Nikola Isa Abdel Masih			independent
44		Malik Agar (?—)		8|3|2021	Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North (Агар)
45		Al-Hadi Idris Yahya (?—)			Transitional Council
46		Al-Taher Abu Bakr Hajar (?—)			Sudan Liberation Movement for Justice
47		Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdurrahman (1960—)	10|2021	11|2021	military
48		Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdurrahman (1960—)	2021	active	military
49		Muhammad Hamdan Daglo (1975—)		2023
50		Yasser Abdurrahman Hasan al-Ata (?—)		active
51		Shams al-Din Kabashi (1961—)
52		Ibrahim Jabir Karim (?—)
52		Abu al-Qasim Bartom (1965—)		2022	independent
53		Salma Abdul Jabbar al-Mubarak Musa (?—)
54		Yusuf Gad Karim (?—)
55		Abdul Baqi Abdul Qadir ez-Zubair (?—)		2021
56		Raja Nikola Isa Abdel Masih (1957—)		2022
57		Malik Agar (?—)		active	(Агар)
58		Al-Hadi Idris Yahya (?—)		2023	Transitional Council
59		Al-Taher Abu Bakr Hajar (?—)		2023	Carbino

Other websites

• Official website of the President of Sudan
• World Statesmen – Sudan