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Sudan

Sudan

ConflictingSovereign state

Sudan

Primary executive

Complete
Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan
OriginalIlham Aliyev met with President of Transitional Sovereignty Council of Sudan in Antalya · Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan · CC BY · Original

Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan

Head of state Active

Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council · Principal · De facto

Head of government

Kamil El-Tayeb Idris Abdelhafiz
OriginalUnited Nations / WIPO via Wikimedia Commons; cropped and converted to WebP by CiviOrg · United Nations · CC BY · Original

Kamil El-Tayeb Idris Abdelhafiz

Head of government Active

Prime Minister of the Republic of the Sudan · Principal

Editorial profile v1

Verified country brief

Versioned editorial facts take priority over database records on this country page.

completeAug 10, 2026
Executive system
Other · One primary executive function
Dominant executive office
Head of state
Why this office is primary
Under the amended transitional constitutional document, the Sovereignty Council is the head of state and its chair is the armed-forces commander; a civilian Prime Minister leads the Council of Ministers within the continuing transitional order.

Current policy issues

  1. 1Ending the war and restoring nationwide securityGovernment of Sudan - Government peace initiative presented to the United Nations Security Council, Government of Sudan - Joint meeting of the Sovereignty Council and Government of Hope
  2. 2Humanitarian relief, civilian protection and safe returnGovernment of Sudan - Government peace initiative presented to the United Nations Security Council
  3. 3Reconstruction and restoration of essential servicesGovernment of Sudan - Joint meeting of the Sovereignty Council and Government of Hope, Government of Sudan - Federal government and rural development priorities for 2026
  4. 4Economic recovery, agriculture and livelihoodsGovernment of Sudan - Federal government and rural development priorities for 2026

Indexed party landscape

Parties and alliances currently indexed for this jurisdiction. Active and historical labels reflect the source dataset, not an official national register.

Partial
Tracked parties
58
Active in source
3
Historical in source
8
parties shown
58
More parties (46)

Elections

Partial

2010 Sudanese general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Apr 11, 2010

Completed

1981–82 Sudanese parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Nov 13, 1981

Completed

1958 Sudanese parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Jun 16, 1958

Completed

1953 Sudanese parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

No scheduled election

Planned

1996 Sudanese general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

No scheduled election

Planned

2000 Sudanese general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

No scheduled election

Planned

1965 Sudanese parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

No scheduled election

Planned

1968 Sudanese parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

No scheduled election

Planned

1978 Sudanese parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

No scheduled election

Planned

1980 Sudanese parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

No scheduled election

Planned

Sources

10

  1. 1Sudan Ministry of Culture and Information - 2025 amendment to the Transitional Constitutional Documentcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  2. 2Sudan News Agency - Kamil Idris takes oath as Prime Ministercitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  3. 3Government of Sudan - Joint meeting of the Sovereignty Council and Government of Hopecitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  4. 4African Union - Report recording the official 2015 Sudan election resultcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  5. 5Government of Sudan - Government peace initiative presented to the United Nations Security Councilcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  6. 6Government of Sudan - Federal government and rural development priorities for 2026citation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  7. 7Official institutions of the Republic of the Sudancitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  8. 8WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  9. 9Wikimedia CommonsPER-FILE · Aug 9, 2026
  10. 10Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026

Political world map

Northern Africa

Western Sahara. Primary executive: —. PartialSudan. Primary executive: Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan. ConflictingTunisia. Primary executive: Kais Saied. PartialAlgeria. Primary executive: Abdelmadjid Tebboune. ConflictingMorocco. Primary executive: Mohammed VI of Morocco. PartialEgypt. Primary executive: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. PartialLibya. Primary executive: —. Head of state: Mohamed al-Menfi. Conflicting
SudanPrimary executive: Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-BurhanConflicting
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  • Partial
  • Stale
  • Conflicting
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Boundaries and names shown on this map do not imply a position by CiviOrg. Small territories without geometry remain available in the index.