# List of ambassadors of Sudan to the United States

The Sudanese Ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of the Government in Khartoum to the Government of the United States.

## List of representatives

| Diplomatic agreement/designated | Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Observations | List of heads of state of Sudan | List of presidents of the United States | Term end |
| August 22, 1956 | August 31, 1956 | Ibrahim Anis | | Ismail al-Azhari | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
| July 7, 1959 | July 21, 1959 | Osman El Hadari | | Ibrahim Abbud | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
| April 16, 1965 | May 5, 1965 | Khalifa Abbas el Abeid | (* July 29, 1915) Religion: Muslim Son of Abbas al-Obaid and Mrs., née Aicha. In January 1946 married to Safiya, 5 children: Iqbal, Toufiq, Houda, Imane and Fateh. Colleges and Institutes of Sudan. Education: Gordon Memorial College Bachelor Lit. from the University of Khartoum. 1933-1953 Administration of the State Railways. In 1955 he was Director of Khartoum Zone Under-Secretary of State for Special Affairs Member and Secretary General of the Sudanese Delegation to the Congress of Bandung. Attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1957 to 1959 he was Sudanese Ambassador to Ethiopia. From 1959 to 1964 he was Sudanese Ambassador to Iraq, Turkey and Lebanon . In 1965 he was Ambassador in Washington, D.C. . Awards: Star of Ethiopia, Grand order of the Cedar (Lebanon) Jordanian Grand Order of Independence. | Ismail al-Azhari | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
| March 14, 1966 | March 22, 1966 | Amin Ahmad Hussein | | Ismail al-Azhari | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
| June 6, 1967 | | | SEVERED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS – Interests Section in Somali Embassy | Ismail al-Azhari | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
| July 25, 1972 | | | RESUMED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS | Gaafar Nimeiry | Richard Nixon | |
| December 1, 1972 | December 19, 1972 | Abdel Aziz al-Nasri Hamza | (* 1931 in Sudan) Son of Dr. Nasri Hamza (Deputy Vice-Chancellor Ahfad College). Married to Nur Elsham Mohammed Ali Belail, mother of his children : Elnasri, Ahmed, Sawsan, and Salma, then Maymoona M.Hamza, one child: Hind. 1953 Diploma in Arts (with Merit, in English) Khartoum University . 1953-56 Regional Inspector, Ministry of Labour. 1956-1959 Second Secretary of Embassy, Bonn (West Germany). 1959-1960 Member Sudan Mission to United Nations, New York. 1960-1961 First Secretary of Embassy, Washington DC.. 1961-1962 Charge' d'Affaires, Sudan Embassy in Beirut. 1962-1963 Counsellor of Embassy, Baghdad (Iraq). 1963-1964 Charge' d'Affaires, Sudan Embassy (Kuwait). 1956 Head of Political Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs HQ, Khartoum. 1968-1971 Ambassador of Sudan to Lebanon, Syria and Jordan with residence in Beirut. Awards Order of First Class from West Germany and two C.M.G (Companions of the Order of St. Elizabeth II. | Gaafar Nimeiry | Richard Nixon | |
| August 8, 1974 | | Omer Yousif Birido | Chargé d'affaires, (* January 1, 1939 in Singa, Sudan) BA, MA. married, one child. 1958-1963 University of Khartoum, Sudan. 1964-1966 University of Delhi, India. 1964-1966 secretary, Sudanese Embassy, New Delhi. 1966-1969 transferred to Sudanese Embassy, London. 1969-1971 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Khartoum. 1971-1973 counsellor, Sudanese Embassy, Kampala. In 1973 he was appointed counsellor, Permanent Mission of Sudan, New York. | Gaafar Nimeiry | Gerald Ford | |
| January 16, 1975 | January 29, 1975 | Francis Deng | | Gaafar Nimeiry | Gerald Ford | |
| September 2, 1976 | November 18, 1976 | Omer Salih Mohamed Eisa | | Gaafar Nimeiry | Gerald Ford | |
| September 12, 1985 | November 5, 1985 | Salah Ahmed Mohamed Salih | | Omar al-Bashir | Ronald Reagan | |
| August 29, 1988 | September 19, 1988 | Hassan El Amin El Bashir | 1978: as non-resident ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia. | Ahmad al-Mirghani | Ronald Reagan | |
| January 17, 1990 | February 5, 1990 | Abdalla Ahmed Abdalla | 1922 former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Republic of Sudan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Sudan) | Omar al-Bashir | George H. W. Bush | |
| August 23, 1993 | October 1, 1993 | Ahmed Suliman | (*January 14, 1924 in Omdurman) Sudanese official/ diplomat born 1924, Sudan) Education: Faculty of Law, University of Cairo, Egypt Career: Minister of Agriculture, 1964. Ambassador to USSR Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade, 1969–70. Minister, Ahmed Suliman Ambassador Date Credentials Presented: 10/1/93. An attorney by profession, In mid-1974 he instructed the Sudanese Ambassador in London, Ahmed Suleiman. (May 1967) Chairman, Sudan Peace Committee From May to Oct. 1969 he was Sudanese Ambassador to Russia Moscow. From Oct. 1969 to July 1970 he was Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade. | Omar al-Bashir | Bill Clinton | |
| February 27, 1996 | April 30, 1996 | Mahdi Ibrahim Mohamed | Sudan's Minister of Information, Mahdi Ibrahim Mohamed | Omar al-Bashir | Bill Clinton | |
| July 8, 2011 | | Emad Mirghani Abdelhamid Altoham | Chargé d'affaires | Omar al-Bashir | Barack Obama | |
| May 5, 2020 | | Nureldin Satti | | Abdalla Hamdok | Donald Trump | January 2, 2022 |
| 2022 | | Mohamed Abdalla Idris | | Transitional Sovereignty Council | Joe Biden | |
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Sudan–United States relations