The vice president of Sudan is the second highest political position obtainable in Sudan. Currently there is a provision for one de facto vice president, deputy chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, who is appointed by the chairman of the council. Historically (in the 1972–1983 and 2005–2011 periods) either the first or the second vice president was from Southern Sudan (now independent South Sudan). From 2011 until the abolition of the post in 2019, the second vice president was from Darfur.
Vice presidents
First vice presidents TitlePortraitNameTerm of officePolitical affiliationRepresentingPresidentRefs Took office Left office Time in office Deputy Chairman of the NRCC Babiker Awadalla May 1969 1971 2 years Independent Gaafar Nimeiry Sudan Presidency: The First Vice–Presidents of the Republic Vice President Abel Alier 1971 1972 1 year SF Southern Sudan First Vice President Major Gen.Mohamed al-Baghir Ahmed 1972 1976 4 years Military / SSU MajorAbu el-Qassim Mohamad Ibrahim 1976 1979 3 years Military / SSU Lt. GeneralAbdul Majid Khalil June 1979 25 January 1982 Military / SSU Major Gen.Omar Muhammad al-Tayib January 1982 April 1985 Military / SSU Deputy Chairman of the Transitional Military Council Lt. GeneralTaj el-Deen Abdallah Fadl April 1985 May 1986 Military Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council Abd al-Rahman Saeed 1986 1989 3 years Ahmed al-Mirghani Deputy Chairman of the RCCNSMajor Gen.Zubair Mohamed Salih 9 July 1989 October 1993Military / NCPOmar al-Bashir Vice President October 1993 February 1994 First Vice President February 1994 12 February 1998 Ali Osman Taha 17 February 1998 9 January 2005 NCP John Garang 9 January 2005 30 July 2005 SPLM Southern Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit 11 August 2005 9 July 2011 SPLM Southern Sudan Ali Osman Taha 13 September 2011 6 December 2013 NCP Bakri Hassan Saleh 7 December 2013 23 February 2019 NCP Lt. GeneralAhmed Awad Ibn Auf 23 February 2019 11 April 2019 Military / NCP Deputy Chairman of the Transitional Military Council Lt. GeneralKamal Abdel-Marouf al-Mahi 11 April 2019 13 April 2019 Military Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf Lt. GeneralMohamed Hamdan Dagalo 13 April 2019 20 August 2019MilitaryAbdel Fattah al-Burhan Deputy Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council 21 August 2019 25 October 2021 11 November 2021 19 May 2023 Malik Agar 19 May 2023 Incumbent SPLM–N (Agar)
Second vice presidents TitlePortraitNameTerm of officePolitical affiliationRepresentingPresidentRefs Took office Left office Time in office Deputy Chairman of the NRCC Major Gen.Khalid Hassan Abbas May 1969 1971 2 years Military Gaafar Nimeiry Sudan Presidency: Vice–Presidents of the Republic Second Vice President Abel Alier 1972 1982 10 years SF Southern Sudan Joseph Lagu June 1982 April 1985 SANU Southern Sudan George Kongor Arop 14 February 1994 14 October 2000 NCP Southern SudanOmar al-Bashir Moses Kacoul Machar 12 February 2001 January 2005 Southern Sudan Ali Osman Taha 9 July 2005 13 September 2011 NCP Al-Haj Adam Youssef 13 September 2011 7 December 2013 NCP Darfur Hassabu Mohamed Abdalrahman 7 December 2013 10 September 2018 NCP South Darfur Osman Kebir 10 September 2018 11 April 2019 NCP North Darfur
Third vice presidents TitlePortraitNameTerm of officePolitical affiliationPresidentRefs Took office Left office Time in officeThird Vice President Rashid Bakr 11 August 1976 10 September 1977 SSUGaafar Nimeiry Europa World Year Book 1985, Volume II, p. 2625 Major Gen.Omar Muhammad al-Tayib 1981 1982 1 year Military / SSU
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Assistants and advisors to the president
Senior assistants to the president TitlePortraitNameTerm of officePolitical affiliationRepresentingPresidentRefs Took office Left office Time in officeSenior Assistant to the President Riek Machar 7 August 1997 31 January 2000 SPLA-Nasir Southern SudanOmar al-Bashir Minni Minnawi 23 April 2007 6 December 2010 SLM/A Darfur
Assistants to the president Nafii Ali Nafii Ahmed Musa Mohamed Ahmed; representing Eastern Sudan
Advisors to the president Shartai Jaafar Abdel Hakam (11 January 2012 – ????); representing West Darfur
See also Politics of Sudan History of Sudan List of governors of pre-independence Sudan List of heads of state of Sudan List of heads of government of Sudan
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