National Assembly of Sudan


The National Assembly is the lower house of the National Legislature of Sudan. The Legislature was unicameral until 2005. The upper house is the Council of States.
The National Assembly was dissolved on 11 April 2019 following a military coup which overthrew Sudan President Omar al-Bashir and Assembly's ruling National Congress Party.
As part of the 2019 Sudanese transition to democracy, a Transitional Legislative Council is to be formed which will function as the legislature of Sudan until elections scheduled for 2022.

Speakers

was the speaker from 1996 until he stripped of the post in December 1999, and placed under arrest after a falling out with President Omar al-Bashir.
PositionNameTook officeLeft officeNotes
President of the AssemblyMuhammad Salih Shingitti19481953
Speaker of the upper house, SenateAhmed Mohamed Yassin19541956
Speaker of the upper house, SenateMohammed El Hassan Diab19561957
Speaker of the lower house, House of RepresentativesBabiker Awadalla19541957
Speaker of the lower house, House of RepresentativesMuhammad Salih Shingitti1957November 1958
Speaker of the upper house, SenateAmin al-Sayed1957November 1958
President of Central CouncilAwad Abdel Rahman Sghir19621964
Chairman, first constituent assemblyMubarak Fadel Shaddad19651965
Chairman, second constituent assemblyMubarak Fadel Shaddad19681969
Chairman, people's assemblyAlnadhir Dafeallah19721973
Chairman, people's assemblyRashid Bakr19741976
Chairman, people's assemblyAbu al-Qasim Hashim19761980
Chairman, people's assemblyRashid Bakr19801981
Chairman, fifth people's assemblyIzz al-Din al-Sayed Mohammed19821985
Chairman, constituent assemblyMohamed Ibrahim Khalil19861988
Chairman, constituent assemblyMohamed Yousef Mohamed19881989
Chairman, constituent assemblyFarouk Ali Al-Barir12 April 198930 June 1989
Chairman, National Transitional CouncilMohamed Al-Amin Khalifa19921996
Speaker, National AssemblyHassan Al-Turabi1996December 1999
DissolvedDecember 1999December 2000
Speaker, National AssemblyAhmed Ibrahim al-Tahir200131 August 2005
Speaker, National AssemblyAhmed Ibrahim al-Tahir31 August 2005November 2013
Speaker, National AssemblyFatih Ezzedine al-MansurNovember 20131 June 2015
Speaker, National AssemblyIbrahim Ahmed Omer Ahmed1 June 201511 April 2019

2015-2019 session

The most recent session was elected in 2015.

2010-2015 session

was previously in a transitional period following the signing of a Comprehensive Peace Agreement on 9 January 2005 that officially ended the civil war between the Sudanese Government and the southern-based Sudan People's Liberation Movement rebel group. The National Assembly consisted of 450 appointed members who represent the government, former rebels, and other opposition political parties. The National Assembly, whose members were appointed in mid-2005 replaced the latest elected parliament. All members of the National Legislature serve six-year terms. Article 117 of the Interim Constitution called for the 450 members of the National Assembly to be appointed according to the following power-sharing formula:
National Congress Party
Other Arab political parties
Sudan People’s Liberation Movement
Other Black political parties
Composition of the National Assembly following the 2010 election and the independence of South Sudan.