Vice President of Sudan

The Vice President of Sudan is the second highest political position obtainable in Sudan. Currently there is a provision for two Vice Presidents, who are appointed by the President of Sudan. Historically either the First or the Second Vice President was from Southern Sudan. From 2011 until the abolition of the post in 2019, the Second Vice President was from Darfur.

Sudan
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politics and government of
Sudan

Member State of the Arab League

Vice Presidents

First Vice Presidents
TitleNameInauguratedLeft OfficeNotes
Deputy Chairman of Junta Babiker Awadalla May 1969 1971 [1]
Vice President Abel Alier 1971 1972 From Southern Sudan
First Vice President Major Gen. Mohamed Al-Baghir Ahmed 1972 1976 [1][2]
First Vice President Major Abuelgasim Mohamed Hashim 1976 1979 [1]
First Vice President Lt. General Abdul Majid Hamid Khalil 1979 1982 [3][1]
First Vice President Major Gen. Omar Muhammad al-Tayib 1982 April 1985 [4][1] Also Head of the State Security Organization
Deputy Chairman of the Transitional Military Council Taj el-Deen Abdallah Fadl April 1985 May 1986 [5]
Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council Abd al-Rahman Saeed 1986 1989
Deputy Chairman of the RCCNS Major Gen. Zubair Mohamed Salih June 1989 October 1993 [6][1]
Vice President Major Gen. Zubair Mohamed Salih October 1993 February 1994
First Vice President Major Gen. Zubair Mohamed Salih February 1994 12 February 1998 [7]
First Vice President Ali Osman Taha February 1998 9 January 2005 [7]
First Vice President John Garang 9 January 2005 30 July 2005 [1]From Southern Sudan
First Vice President Salva Kiir Mayardit 11 August 2005 9 July 2011 [1]From Southern Sudan[8] Left when South Sudan became independent.
First Vice President Ali Osman Taha 13 September 2011 6 December 2013 [1][9]
First Vice President Bakri Hassan Saleh 7 December 2013 23 February 2019 Also served as Prime Minister of Sudan from March 2017 to October 2018[10]
First Vice President Lt. General Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf 23 February 2019 11 April 2019 [11]
Deputy Chairman of the Transitional Military Council Lt. General Kamal Abdel-Marouf al-Mahi 11 April 2019 13 April 2019 [12]
Deputy Chairman of the Transitional Military Council Lt. General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 13 April 2019 21 August 2019 [13]
Deputy Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan Lt. General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 21 August 2019 Incumbent [14]

Second Vice Presidents
TitleNameInauguratedLeft OfficeNotes
Deputy Chairman of Junta Major Gen. Khalid Hassan Abbas May 1969 1971 [15]
Second Vice President Abel Alier 1972 1982 From Southern Sudan[7][2]
Second Vice President Joseph Lagu 1982 April 1985 From Southern Sudan[7]
Second Vice President George Kongor Arop February 1994 October 2000 From Southern Sudan[16][15]
Second Vice President Moses Kacoul Machar February 2001 January 2005 [15]From Southern Sudan
Second Vice President Ali Osman Taha 9 July 2005 13 September 2011 [8]
Second Vice President Alhaj Adam Yousef 13 September 2011 7 December 2013Position reserved for a National Congress Party representative from Darfur [17]
Second Vice President Hassabu Mohamed Abdalrahman 7 December 2013 10 September 2018
Second Vice President Osman Kebir 10 September 2018 11 April 2019 [10]

Third Vice Presidents
TitleNameInauguratedLeft OfficeNotes
Third Vice President Rashid Bakr[18] August 11, 1976 September 10, 1977 Also Prime Minister, possibly also 1977–1979[15]
Third Vice President Major Gen. Omar Muhammad al-Tayib 1981 1982 [15]

Assistants and advisors to the President

Senior Assistants to the President
  • Riek Machar (7 August 1997 – 31 January 2000; from Southern Sudan)
  • Minni Minnawi (23 April 2007 – 6 December 2010; from Darfur)

Assistants to the President

Advisors to the President

See also

References
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  2. "Reference Aid" (PDF). Cia.gov. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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  8. "Salva Kiir and Ali Osman appointed deputies of Sudan's President - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan". Sudantribune.com. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "Sudan's ruling party sacks cabinet, appoints new PM - Global Times". Globaltimes.cn. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  11. Hashim, Mohanad (25 February 2019). "Bashir's state of emergency fails to end Sudan protests". BBC News. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  12. "Hamdan Dagalo Appointed as Deputy Head of Sudan's Transitional Military Council". 7dnews.com.
  13. "RSF militia commander sworn-in as Sudan's interim Vice-President". Radio Dabanga.
  14. "Sudan: Constitutional Decree On Appointment of Sovereignty Council Issued". allAfrica.com. August 21, 2019.
  15. Sudan Presidency: Vice–Presidents of the Republic Archived December 24, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  16. "Africa South of the Sahara 2003". Psychology Press. 31 October 2002. Retrieved 23 April 2019 – via Google Books.
  17. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2011-07-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. 'Europa World Year Book 1985, Volume II, p. 2625


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