List of heads of state of Sudan

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)
PortraitIncumbentTenurePartyTurco-Egyptian SudanIsma'il Kamil Pasha, 
Commander1820 1821Muhammad Bey Defterdar, 
Commander1821 1824Osman Bey Jarkas, 
CommanderSeptember 1824 May 1825Mahu Bey Urfali, 
CommanderMay 1825 March 1826Ali Khurshid Agha, 
GovernorMarch 1826 1835Ali Khurshid Pasha, 
Hakimdar1835 June 1838Ahmad Pasha abu Widan, 
HakimdarJune 1838 6 October 1843Ahmad Pasha Manikli (Manliki), 
Hakimdar1843 1845Khalid Khusraw Pasha, 
Hakimdar1845 1850'Abd al-Latif Pasha, 
Hakimdar1850 January 1851Rustum Pasha Jarkas, 
HakimdarJanuary 1851 May 1852Isma'il Haqqi Pasha abu Jabal, 
HakimdarMay 1852 1853Salim Pasha Sa'ib al-Jaza'irli, 
Hakimdar1853 1854Ali Pasha Sirri al-Arna'ut, 
HakimdarJuly 1854 November 1854Ali Pasha Jarkas, 
Governor1854 1855Arakil Bey al-Armani, 
Governor1856 1858Hasan Bey Salama Jarkas, 
Governor1859 1861Muhammad Rasikh Bey, 
Governor1861 1862Mūsā Pasha Ḥamdī, 
Hakimdar1862 1865'Umar Bey Fakhri, 
acting Hakimdar1865 November 1865Ja'afar Pasha Sadiq, 
HakimdarNovember 1865 1866Ja'afar Pasha Mazhar, 
Hakimdar1866 5 February 1871Ahmad Mumtaz Pasha, 
Hakimdar5 February 1871 October 1872Edhem Pasha al-Arifi at-Atqalawi, 
acting HakimdarOctober 1872 187270x70pxAl-Zubayr Rahma Mansur, 
Hakimdar1872 18 May 187782x82pxCharles George Gordon ("Gordon Pasha"), 
HakimdarMay 1877 December 187996x96pxMuhammad Rauf Pasha, 
HakimdarDecember 1879 February 188286x86pxCarl Christian Giegler ("Giegler Pasha"), 
acting Hakimdar4 March 1882 11 May 1882'Abd al-Qadir Pasha Hilmi, 
HakimdarMay 1882 March 1883'Ala al-Din Pasha Siddiq, 
HakimdarMarch 1883 5 November 1883Henry Watts Russell de Coetlogon, 
acting HakimdarFebruary 1884 18 February 188482x82pxCharles George Gordon ("Gordon Pasha"), 
Hakimdar18 February 1884 26 January 1885Territory of Turkish Sudan under complete control of Mahdiyah (Mahdist State)26 January 1885 2 October 1898Mahdist State77x77pxMuhammad Ahmad, 
Mahdi29 June 1881 22 June 188575x75pxAbdallahi ibn Muhammad, 
Khalifa22 June 1885 2 September 1898British Military Administration79x79pxHerbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, 
Military Governor2 September 1898 19 January 1899Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (condominium)79x79pxHerbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, 
Governor-General19 January 1899 22 December 189978x78pxSir Francis Reginald Wingate, 
Governor-General22 December 1899 31 December 191684x84pxSir Lee Oliver Fitzmaurice Stack, 
Governor-General1 January 1917 20 November 1924, 
acting Governor-General21 November 1924 5 January 1925
Governor-General
PortraitIncumbentTenureParty84x84pxSir Geoffrey Francis Archer, 
Governor-General5 January 1925 6 July 192688x88pxSir John Loader Maffey, 
Governor-General31 October 1926  10 January 193477x77pxSir George Stewart Symes, 
Governor-General10 January 1934 19 October 1940Sir Hubert Jervoise Huddleston, 
Governor-General19 October 1940 8 April 1947Sir Robert George Howe, 
Governor-General8 April 1947 29 March 195469x69pxSir Alexander Knox Helm, 
Governor-General29 March 1954 12 December 1955Muhammad Ahmad Abu Rannat, 
acting Governor-General12 December 1955 1 January 1956

 List 
#PortraitNameTenureParty1Mohammed Noor El Din
(1903—1985)19561958independent2Abdel Fattah Muhammad al-Maghrabi
(1896—1977)3Ahmad Muhammad Saleh
(1913—2008)National Unionist Party4Othman Muhammad al-Dardiri
(1898—1973)independent5Siricio iro Wani
(1919—1985)6Ibrahim Abboud
(1900—1983)19581964military7Sirr al-Hatim al-Khalifa
(1919—2006)19641964independent8Abdel Halim Mohammed
(1910—2009)19641965National Umma Party9Tijani al-Mahi
(1911—1970)National Unionist Party10 Mubarak al-Fadil Shaddad
(1915—?) independent11 Ibrahim Yusuf Suleiman
(1908—1982) independent12Luigi Advok Bong Gicomeo
(1929—2010)independent13Abdullah al-Fadil al-Mahdi
(1892—1966)1965National Umma Party14Luigi Advok Bong Gicomeo
(1929—2010)15Abdel Halim Mohammed
(1910—2009)National Umma Party16Ismail al-Azhari
(1900—1969)1968Unionist Democratic Party17Hamad, Khader
(1908—1970)18Philemon Majok
(1905—1982)19Ismail al-Azhari
(1900—1969)19651969National Unionist Party20Jafar Mohammed Nimeiri
(1930—2009)19691971 military21Babiker al-Nur Osman
(1935—1971)1971197122Al-Ata, Hashim
(1936—1971)1971197123 Jafar Mohammed Nimeiri
(1930—2009)1971197124 1985 1985Sudanese Socialist Union25Abdel Rahman Siwar ad-Dagab
(1934—2018)19851985military1985198527Abdul Rahman Muhammad Hasan Siwar al-Dagab(1934—2018)12|19856|5|1986military28Ahmed Ali al-Mirghani(1941—2008)5|19866|1989Unionist Democratic Party29Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir(1944—)6|198910|1993military10|19933|1996303|19962|2001National Congress of Sudan2|20015|20105|201020156|20154|201931Ahmed Awad ibn Auf(1954—)4|20194|2019Military32Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdurrahman(1960—)4|20198|201933Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdurrahman
(1960—)8|201910|2021 military34Muhammad Hamdan Daglo
(1975—)35Yasser Abdurrahman Hasan al-Ata
(?—)36Shams al-Din Kabashi37Ibrahim Jabir Karim
(?—)38Aisha Musa al-Said5|2021Forces for freedom and change39Siddiq Tower Kafi
(1959—)25|10|2021Sudanese Baath Party40Muhammad al-Faqi SuleimanUnionist Association41Hassan Muhammad Idris
(?—)National Umma Party42Muhammad Hassan Othman at-Taisha
(1973—)Forces for freedom and change43Raja Nikola Isa Abdel Masih independent44Malik Agar
(?—)8|3|2021Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North (Агар)45Al-Hadi Idris Yahya
(?—)Transitional Council46Al-Taher Abu Bakr Hajar
(?—)Sudan Liberation Movement for Justice 47Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdurrahman(1960—)10|202111|2021military48Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdurrahman
(1960—)2021activemilitary49Muhammad Hamdan Daglo
(1975—)202350Yasser Abdurrahman Hasan al-Ata
(?—)active51Shams al-Din Kabashi
(1961—)52Ibrahim Jabir Karim
(?—)52Abu al-Qasim Bartom
(1965—)2022independent53Salma Abdul Jabbar al-Mubarak Musa
(?—)54Yusuf Gad Karim
(?—)55Abdul Baqi Abdul Qadir ez-Zubair
(?—)202156Raja Nikola Isa Abdel Masih
(1957—)202257Malik Agar
(?—)active(Агар)58Al-Hadi Idris Yahya
(?—)2023Transitional Council59Al-Taher Abu Bakr Hajar
(?—)2023Carbino

References

Other websites
 Official website of the President of Sudan
 World Statesmen – Sudan

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