List of governors of pre-independence Sudan
List
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of Sudan

List of governors of pre-independence Sudan

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of Sudan

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Notes

Egyptian Sudan

November 1820 to 1821	Isma`il Kamel Pasha, Commander

April 1821 to September 1824	Muhammad Bey Defterdar, Commander

September 1824 to May 1825	Osman Bey Jarkas, Commander

May 1825 to March 1826	Mahu Bey Urfali, Commander

March 1826 to 1835	Ali Khurshid Agha, Governor

1835 to June 1838	Ali Khurshid Pasha, Hakimdar	Governor-General

June 1838 to 6 October 1843	Ahmad Pasha abu Widan, Hakimdar	Governor-General

1843 to 1845	Ahmad Pasha Manikli (Manliki), Hakimdar	Governor-General

1845 to 1850	Khalid Khusraw Pasha, Hakimdar	Governor-General

1850 to January 1851	'Abd al-Latif Pasha, Hakimdar	Governor-General

January 1851 to May 1852	Rustum Pasha Jarkas, Hakimdar	Governor-General

May 1852 to 1853	Isma'il Haqqi Pasha abu Jabal, Hakimdar	Governor-General

1853 to 1854	Salim Pasha Sa'ib al-Jaza'irli, Hakimdar	Governor-General

July 1854 to November 1854	Ali Pasha Sirri al-Arna'ut, Hakimdar	Governor-General

1854 to 1855	Ali Pasha Jarkas, Governor

1856 to 1858	Arakil Bey al-Armani, Governor

1859 to 1861	Hasan Bey Salama Jarkas, Governor

1861 to 1862	Muhammad Rasikh Bey, Governor

1862 to 1865	Mūsā Pasha Ḥamdī, Hakimdar	Governor-General

1865 to November 1865	'Umar Bey Fakhri, acting Hakimdar	acting Governor-General

November 1865 to 1866	Ja'afar Pasha Sadiq, Hakimdar	Governor-General

1866 to 5 February 1871	Ja'afar Pasha Mazhar, Hakimdar	Governor-General

5 February 1871 to October 1872	Ahmad Mumtaz Pasha, Hakimdar	Governor-General

October 1872 to 1872	Edhem Pasha al-Arifi at-Atqalawi, acting Hakimdar	acting Governor-General

1872 to 18 May 1877	Isma'il Pasha al- Aiyub, Hakimdar	Governor-General

May 1877 to December 1879	-	Charles George Gordon ("Gordon Pasha"), Hakimdar	Governor-General, 1st time

December 1879 to February 1882	Muhammad Ra'uf Pasha, Hakimdar	Governor-General

February 1882 to May 1882	Giegler Pasha, acting Hakimdar	acting Governor-General

May 1882 to March 1883	'Abd al-Qadir Pasha Hilmi, Hakimdar	Governor-General

March 1883 to 5 November 1883	'Ala al-Din Pasha Siddiq, Hakimdar	Governor-General

February 1884 to 18 February 1884	Henry Watts Russell de Coetlogon, acting Hakimdar	acting Governor-General

18 February 1884 to 26 January 1885	-	Charles George Gordon ("Gordon Pasha"), Hakimdar	Governor-General, 2nd time; Killed at the end of the Siege of Khartoum

26 January 1885 to 2 October 1898	Territory of Egyptian Sudan under complete control of Mahdiyah (Mahdist State)

Mahdist Sudan

29 June 1881 to 22 June 1885	-	Muhammad Ahmad, Mahdi	Self-proclaimed Mahdi, Islamic Messiah

22 June 1885 to 2 September 1898	Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, Khalifa	Self-proclaimed Caliph, successor to Muhammad Ahmad; Defeated in the Battle of Omdurman

British Military Administration

2 September 1898 to 19 January 1899	-	Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Military Governor	Simultaneously served as Sirdar

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (condominium)

19 January 1899 to 22 December 1899	-	Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Governor-General

22 December 1899 to 31 December 1916	-	Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, Governor-General

1 January 1917 to 20 November 1924	Sir Lee Oliver Fitzmaurice Stack, Governor-General	Assassinated in Cairo

21 November 1924 to 5 January 1925	Wasey Sterry, acting Governor-General

5 January 1925 to 6 July 1926	Sir Geoffrey Francis Archer, Governor-General

31 October 1926 to 10 January 1934	Sir John Loader Maffey, Governor-General

10 January 1934 to 19 October 1940	-	Sir George Stewart Symes, Governor-General

19 October 1940 to 8 April 1947	Sir Hubert Jervoise Huddleston, Governor-General

8 April 1947 to 29 March 1954	Sir Robert George Howe, Governor-General

29 March 1954 to 12 December 1955	-	Sir Alexander Knox Helm, Governor-General

12 December 1955 to 1 January 1956	Muhammad Ahmad Abu Rannat, acting Governor-General

1 January 1956	Independence as Republic of the Sudan

Sentence(s)

Kitchener became Governor of the Sudan in September 1898.

final_sentence: Kitchener became Governor of the Sudan in September 1898.