The governors of pre-independence Sudan were the colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Turco-Egyptian Sudan and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, an area equivalent to modern-day Sudan and South Sudan.
List
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
TenurePortrait Incumbent NotesTurco-Egyptian SudanNovember 1820 to 1821 Isma'il Kamil Pasha, CommanderApril 1821 to September 1824 Muhammad Bey Defterdar, CommanderSeptember 1824 to May 1825 Osman Bey Jarkas, CommanderMay 1825 to March 1826 Mahu Bey Urfali, CommanderMarch 1826 to 1835 Ali Khurshid Agha, Governor1835 to June 1838Ali Khurshid Pasha, HakimdarGovernor-GeneralJune 1838 to 6 October 1843 Ahmad Pasha abu Widan, HakimdarGovernor-General1843 to 1845 Ahmad Pasha Manikli (Manliki), HakimdarGovernor-General1845 to 1850 Khalid Khusraw Pasha, HakimdarGovernor-General1850 to January 1851 'Abd al-Latif Pasha, HakimdarGovernor-GeneralJanuary 1851 to May 1852 Rustum Pasha Jarkas, HakimdarGovernor-GeneralMay 1852 to 1853 Isma'il Haqqi Pasha abu Jabal, HakimdarGovernor-General1853 to 1854 Salim Pasha Sa'ib al-Jaza'irli, HakimdarGovernor-GeneralJuly 1854 to November 1854 Ali Pasha Sirri al-Arna'ut, HakimdarGovernor-General1854 to 1855 Ali Pasha Jarkas, Governor1856 to 1858 Arakil Bey al-Armani, Governor1859 to 1861 Hasan Bey Salama Jarkas, Governor1861 to 1862 Muhammad Rasikh Bey, Governor1862 to 1865 Mūsā Pasha Ḥamdī, HakimdarGovernor-General1865 to November 1865 'Umar Bey Fakhri, acting Hakimdaracting Governor-GeneralNovember 1865 to 1866 Ja'afar Pasha Sadiq, HakimdarGovernor-General1866 to 5 February 1871 Ja'afar Pasha Mazhar, HakimdarGovernor-General5 February 1871 to October 1872 Ahmad Mumtaz Pasha, HakimdarGovernor-GeneralOctober 1872 to 1872 Edhem Pasha al-Arifi at-Atqalawi, acting Hakimdaracting Governor-General1873 to 1876Isma'il Ayyub Pasha, HakimdarGovernor-GeneralMay 1877 to December 1879Charles George Gordon ("Gordon Pasha"), HakimdarGovernor-General, 1st timeDecember 1879 to February 1882Muhammad Rauf Pasha, HakimdarGovernor-General4 March 1882 to 11 May 1882Carl Christian Giegler ("Giegler Pasha"), acting Hakimdaracting Governor-GeneralMay 1882 to March 1883 'Abd al-Qadir Pasha Hilmi, HakimdarGovernor-GeneralMarch 1883 to 5 November 1883 'Ala al-Din Pasha Siddiq, HakimdarGovernor-GeneralFebruary 1884 to 18 February 1884 Henry Watts Russell de Coetlogon, acting Hakimdaracting Governor-General18 February 1884 to 26 January 1885Charles George Gordon ("Gordon Pasha"), HakimdarGovernor-General, 2nd time; Killed at the end of the Siege of Khartoum26 January 1885 to 2 October 1898Territory of Turkish Sudan under complete control of Mahdiyah (Mahdist State)Mahdist State29 June 1881 to 22 June 1885Muhammad Ahmad, MahdiSelf-proclaimed Mahdi, Islamic Messiah22 June 1885 to 2 September 1898Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, KhalifaSelf-proclaimed Caliph, successor to Muhammad Ahmad; Defeated in the Battle of Omdurman, and later killed in the Battle of Umm DiwaykaratBritish Military Administration2 September 1898 to 19 January 1899The 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum, Military GovernorSimultaneously served as Sirdar. Was known as Sir Herbert Kitchener up until 31 October 1898Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (condominium)19 January 1899 to 22 December 1899The 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum, Governor-GeneralSimultaneously served as Sirdar. Was later created The 1st Earl Kitchener, in July 191422 December 1899 to 31 December 1916Sir Reginald Wingate, Governor-GeneralSimultaneously served as Sirdar1 January 1917 to 20 November 1924Sir Lee Oliver Fitzmaurice Stack, Governor-GeneralSimultaneously served as Sirdar; assassinated in Cairo21 November 1924 to 5 January 1925 Wasey Sterry, acting Governor-General5 January 1925 to 6 July 1926Sir Geoffrey Francis Archer, Governor-GeneralThe first civilian Governor-General31 October 1926 to 10 January 1934Sir John Loader Maffey, Governor-General10 January 1934 to 19 October 1940Sir George Stewart Symes, Governor-General19 October 1940 to 8 April 1947 Sir Hubert Jervoise Huddleston, Governor-General8 April 1947 to 29 March 1954Sir Robert George Howe, Governor-General29 March 1954 to 12 December 1955Sir Alexander Knox Helm, Governor-General12 December 1955 to 1 January 1956Muhammad Ahmad Abu Rannat, acting Governor-GeneralChief Justice of Sudan1 January 1956Independence as the Republic of Sudan
For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of Sudan
Timeline (1881–1956)
See also Sudan Politics of Sudan History of Sudan List of heads of state of Sudan Vice President of Sudan List of heads of government of Sudan List of current state governors in Sudan South Sudan Politics of South Sudan History of South Sudan List of heads of state of South Sudan Vice President of South Sudan List of current state governors in South Sudan
References
External links World Statesmen – Sudan