| Prime Minister of the Republic of Sudan | |
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| رئيس وزراء جمهورية السودان (Arabic) | |
since 31 May 2025 | |
| Executive branch of the Sudanese Government | |
| Seat | Khartoum |
| Appointer | Transitional Sovereignty Council |
| Formation | 1 January 1956 |
| First holder | Ismail al-Azhari |
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This article lists theheads of government ofSudan since the establishment of the office of Chief Minister of theAnglo-Egyptian Sudan in 1952.
The office of prime minister was abolished after the1989 coup d'état,[1] and reestablished in 2017 as deputy head of government whenBakri Hassan Saleh was appointed prime minister byPresidentOmar al-Bashir.[2]
The current prime minister isKamil Idris. He was appointed by theTransitional Sovereignty Council on 31 May 2025.[3][4]
(Dates in italics indicatede facto continuation of office)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Head(s) of state (Term) | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1952–1956)[edit] | ||||||||
| 1 | Abdul Rahman al-Mahdi (1885–1959) [a] | 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) | ||
| (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[b] | 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) [c] | 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)[edit] | ||||||||
| 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 [d] | 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 | |||
| 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) [c] | 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)[edit] | ||||||||
| 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)[e] | ||
| (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 | 178 days | Independent | |||
