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.
| Prime Minister of the Republic of Sudan | |
|---|---|
| رئيس وزراء جمهورية السودان (Arabic) | |
Emblem of Sudan | |
Flag of Sudan | |
Incumbent since 31 May 2025Kamil Idris | |
| Executive branch of the Sudanese Government | |
| Seat | Khartoum |
| Appointer | Transitional Sovereignty Council |
| Formation | 1 January 1956 |
| First holder | Ismail al-Azhari |
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)
| 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 | Abdul 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 | First Sovereignty Council (1955–1958) | ||
Republic of Sudan (1956–1969) | ||||||||
| (2) | Ismail al-Azhari (1900–1969) | 1 January 1956 | 5 July 1956 | 186 days | Democratic Unionist Party | First Sovereignty Council (1955–1958) | ||
| 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 | Independent | Second Sovereignty Council (1964–1965) | ||
| 6 | 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 | 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 | 22 February 2019 | 165 days | National Congress Party | |||
| 14 | Mohamed Tahir Ayala (1951–2025) | 24 February 2019 | 11 April 2019 (Deposed) | 46 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 | 30 April 2025 | 3 years, 101 days | Independent | |||
| — | Dafallah al-Haj Ali Acting Prime Minister | 30 April 2025 | 31 May 2025 | 31 days | Independent | |||
| 16 | Kamil Idris (born 1954) | 31 May 2025 | Incumbent | 204 days | Independent | |||
Timeline
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
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