Government of Sudan

This article is about the Sudan government. For recent and past political developments in Sudan, see Politics of Sudan.
Republic of the Sudan

جمهورية سودان (Arabic)
Jumhūriyyat Sūdān
Emblem of Sudan
Polity typeFederal provisional republic
Constitution2019 Draft Constitutional Declaration
Legislative branch
NameTransitional Legislative Council
TypeUnicameral
Meeting placeOmdurman
Executive branch
Head of state
TitlePresidency
CurrentlyTransitional Sovereignty Council
AppointerCommander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
Head of government
TitlePrime Minister
CurrentlyOsman Hussein (acting)
AppointerTransitional Sovereignty Council

The Government of Sudan is the federal provisional government created by the Constitution of Sudan having executive, parliamentary, and the judicial branches. Previously, a president was head of state, head of government, and commander-in-chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces in a de jure multi-party system. Legislative power was officially vested in both the government and in the two houses – the National Assembly (lower) and the Council of States (upper) – of the bicameral National Legislature. The judiciary is independent and obtained by the Constitutional Court.[1] However, following the Second Sudanese Civil War and the still ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan was widely recognized as a totalitarian state where all effective political power was held by President Omar al-Bashir and his National Congress Party (NCP).[2][3][4][5] However, al-Bashir and the NCP were ousted in a military coup on April 11, 2019.[6][7] The government of Sudan was then led by the Transitional Military Council (TMC).[8][9][10][11] On 20 August 2019, the TMC dissolved giving its authority over to the Transitional Sovereignty Council, who were planned to govern for 39 months until 2022, in the process of transitioning to democracy. However, the Sovereignty Council and the Sudanese government were dissolved in October 2021.[12]

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