List of heads of government of Sudan

• 1952–1956: Chief Minister
• 1956–1989; 2017–present: Prime Minister

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

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! rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! rowspan="2" width="90px" | Portrait

! rowspan="2" | Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

! colspan="3" | Term of office

! rowspan="2" | Political party

! rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Head(s) of state
{{small|(Term)}}

|-

! Took office

! Left office

! Time in office

|-

! colspan="9" |

|-

! style="background:{{party color|National Umma Party}};" | {{color|white|1}}

| 90px

| Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi
{{small|(1885–1959)}}
{{efn|Posthumous son of Muhammad Ahmad; Imam of the Ansar.}}

| 22 October 1952

| November 1953

| {{Age in years and days|1952|10|22|1953|11|1}}

| National Umma Party

|-

! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party (Sudan)}};" | {{color|white|2}}

| 90px

| Ismail al-Azhari
{{small|(1900–1969)}}

| 6 January 1954

| 1 January 1956

| {{Age in years and days|1954|1|6|1956|1|1}}

| Democratic Unionist Party

|-

! colspan="9" |

|-

! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party (Sudan)}};" | {{color|white|{{small|(2)}}}}

| 90px

| Ismail al-Azhari
{{small|(1900–1969)}}

| 1 January 1956

| 5 July 1956

| {{Age in years and days|1956|1|1|1956|7|5}}

| Democratic Unionist Party

! rowspan="2" style="background:;"|

! rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |Sovereignty Council
90px
{{small|(1956–1958)}}

|-

! style="background:{{party color|National Umma Party}};" | {{color|white|3}}

| 90px

| Abdallah Khalil
{{small|(1892–1970)}}

| 5 July 1956

| 17 November 1958{{efn|Carried out a self-coup against his own government.}}

| {{Age in years and days|1956|7|5|1958|11|17}}

| National Umma Party

|-

! style="background:{{party color|Military rule}};" | {{color|black|4}}

| 90px

| Ibrahim Abboud
{{small|(1900–1983)}}

| 18 November 1958

| 30 October 1964
{{small|(resigned)}}

| {{Age in years and days|1958|11|18|1964|10|30}}

| Military

! rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color|Military rule}};"|

! rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal" |Ibrahim Abboud
90px
{{small|(1958–1964)}}

|-

! style="background:{{party color|National Umma Party}};" | {{color|white|5}}

| 90px

| Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa
{{small|(1919–2006)}}

| 30 October 1964

| 2 June 1965

| {{Age in years and days|1964|10|30|1965|6|2}}

| National Umma Party

! rowspan="1" style="background:;"|

! rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal" |Committees of Sovereignty
90px
{{small|(1964–1965)}}

|-

! style="background:{{party color|National Umma Party}};" | {{color|white|6}}

| 90px

| Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub
{{small|(1908–1976)}}

| 10 June 1965

| 25 July 1966

| {{Age in years and days|1965|6|2|1966|7|25}}

| National Umma Party

! rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party (Sudan)}};"|

! rowspan="3" style="font-weight:normal" |Ismail al-Azhari
90px
{{small|(1965–1969)}}

|-

! style="background:{{party color|National Umma Party}};" | {{color|white|7}}

| 90px

| Sadiq al-Mahdi
{{small|(1935–2020)}}
{{efn|name="sadiq"|Grandson of Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi; Imam of the Ansar.}}

| 27 July 1966

| 18 May 1967

| {{Age in years and days|1966|7|27|1967|5|18}}

| National Umma Party

|-

! style="background:{{party color|National Umma Party}};" | {{color|white|{{small|(6)}}}}

| 90px

| Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub
{{small|(1908–1976)}}

| 18 May 1967

| 25 May 1969
{{small|(deposed)}}

| {{Age in years and days|1967|5|18|1969|5|25}}

| National Umma Party

|-

! colspan="9" |

|-

! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | {{color|black|8}}

| 90px

| Babiker Awadalla
{{small|(1917–2019)}}

| 25 May 1969

| 27 October 1969

| {{Age in years and days|1969|5|25|1969|10|27}}

| Independent

! rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|Sudanese Socialist Union}};"|

! rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal" |Gaafar Nimeiry
90px
{{small|(1969–1985)}}

|-

! style="background:{{party color|Sudanese Socialist Union}};" | {{color|white|9}}

| 90px

| Gaafar Nimeiry
{{small|(1928–2009)}}

| 28 October 1969
{{efn|Briefly interrupted during the 19–22 July 1971 coup d'état.}}

| 11 August 1976

| {{Age in years and days|1969|10|28|1976|8|11}}

| Military /
Sudanese Socialist Union

|-

! style="background:{{party color|Sudanese Socialist Union}};" | {{color|white|10}}

| 90px

| Rashid Bakr
{{small|(1933–1988)}}

| 11 August 1976

| 10 September 1977

| {{Age in years and days|1976|8|11|1977|9|10}}

| Sudanese Socialist Union

|-

! style="background:{{party color|Sudanese Socialist Union}};" | {{color|white|{{small|(9)}}}}

| 90px

| Gaafar Nimeiry
{{small|(1928–2009)}}

| 10 September 1977

| 6 April 1985
{{small|(deposed)}}

| {{Age in years and days|1977|9|10|1985|4|6}}

| Military /
Sudanese Socialist Union

|-

! colspan="9" |

|-

! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | {{color|black|11}}

| 90px

| Al-Jazuli Daf'allah
{{small|(born 1935)}}

| 22 April 1985

| 6 May 1986

| {{Age in years and days|1985|4|22|1986|5|6}}

| Independent

! rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color|Military rule}};"|

! rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal" |Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab
90px
{{small|(1985–1986)}}

|-

! style="background:{{party color|National Umma Party}};" | {{color|white|{{small|(7)}}}}

| 90px

| Sadiq al-Mahdi
{{small|(1935–2020)}}
{{efn|name="sadiq"}}

| 6 May 1986

| 30 June 1989
{{small|(deposed)}}

| {{Age in years and days|1986|5|6|1989|6|30}}

| National Umma Party

! rowspan="1" style="background:{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party (Sudan)}};"|

! rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal" |Ahmed al-Mirghani
{{small|(1986–1989)}}

|-

| colspan="9" | Post abolished (30 June 1989 – 2 March 2017)

|-

! style="background:{{party color|National Congress Party (Sudan)}};" | {{color|white|12}}

| 90px

| Bakri Hassan Saleh
{{small|(born 1949)}}

| 2 March 2017

| 10 September 2018

| {{Age in years and days|2017|3|2|2018|9|10}}

| National Congress Party

! rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|National Congress Party (Sudan)}};"|

! rowspan="3" style="font-weight:normal" |Omar al-Bashir
90px
{{small|(1989–2019)}}

|-

! style="background:{{party color|National Congress Party (Sudan)}};" | {{color|white|13}}

| 90px

| Motazz Moussa
{{small|(born 1967)}}

| 10 September 2018

| 23 February 2019

| {{Age in years and days|2018|9|10|2019|2|23}}

| National Congress Party

|-

! style="background:{{party color|National Congress Party (Sudan)}};" | {{color|white|14}}

| 90px

| Mohamed Tahir Ayala
{{small|(born 1951)}}

| 23 February 2019

| 11 April 2019
{{small|(deposed)}}

| {{Age in years and days|2019|2|23|2019|4|11}}

| National Congress Party

|-

! colspan="9" |

|-

| colspan="9" | Post vacant (11 April – 21 August 2019)

|-

! style="background:{{party color|Forces of Freedom and Change}};" | {{color|white|15}}

| rowspan="2" | 90px

| rowspan="2" | Abdalla Hamdok
{{small|(born 1956)}}

| 21 August 2019

| 25 October 2021
{{small|(deposed)}}

| {{Age in years and days|2019|8|21|2021|10|25}}

| Forces of Freedom and Change

! rowspan="3" style="background:;"|

! rowspan="3" style="font-weight:normal" |Transitional Sovereignty Council
90px
{{small|(2019–present){{efn|Briefly interrupted following the 2021 coup d'état, when Abdel Fattah al-Burhan served as head of state and there was no prime minister.}}}}

|-

! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | {{color|black|{{small|(15)}}}}

| 21 November 2021

| 2 January 2022

| {{Age in years and days|2021|11|21|2022|1|2}}

| Independent

|-style="background:#e6e6aa;"

! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" | {{color|black|—}}

| 90px

| Osman Hussein
{{small|Acting Prime Minister}}

| 19 January 2022

| 30 April 2025

| {{Age in years and days|2022|1|19|2025|4|30}}

| Independent

|}

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{{notelist}}

• Politics of Sudan
• History of Sudan
• List of governors of pre-independence Sudan
• List of heads of state of Sudan
• Vice President of Sudan

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