List of Vice Presidents of Sudan
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Vice President of Sudan is the second highest political position obtainable in Sudan
Sudan
Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...

. Currently there is a provision for two Vice Presidents, who are appointed by the President of Sudan.

First Vice-Presidents

Title Name Inaugurated Left Office Notes
Deputy Chairman of Junta Babiker Awadalla
Babiker Awadalla
Babiker Awadalla is Sudanese Arab nationalist politician. He was born in Gitena, White Nile State.Awadalla graduated from Gordon Memorial College law school...

1969 1971
Vice President Abel Alier
Abel Alier
Abel Alier Kwai is a South Sudanese politician who is currently in his 70s . After Sudan gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1956, Southern Sudan was not left as an independent state. This led to a deadly war a year before the independence. A party in the war was Anyanya 1 Under Joseph...

1971 1976 From Southern Sudan
Government of Southern Sudan (1972–1983)
The Southern Sudan Autonomous Region was an autonomous region that existed in Southern Sudan between 1972 and 1983. It was established on 28 February 1972 by the Addis Ababa Agreement which ended the First Sudanese Civil War. The region was abolished on 5 June 1983 by the administration of...

First Vice President Abu al-Gasim Mohamed Ibrahim 1976 1979
First Vice President Abdul Majid Hamid Khalil 1979 1982
First Vice President Omar Muhammad al-Tayib 1982 1985 Also Head of the State Security Organization
Vice President Abd al-Rahman Saeed 1986 1989
Deputy Chairman of Junta Zubair Mohamed Salih
Zubair Mohamed Salih
Major General Zubair Mohamed Salih was a Sudanese soldier and politician. Salih was the deputy of Omar al-Bashir in the military government from 1989 to 1993 and then he continued as al-Bashir's Vice President ....

1989 1993
Vice President Zubair Mohamed Salih
Zubair Mohamed Salih
Major General Zubair Mohamed Salih was a Sudanese soldier and politician. Salih was the deputy of Omar al-Bashir in the military government from 1989 to 1993 and then he continued as al-Bashir's Vice President ....

October 1993 February 1994
First Vice President Zubair Mohamed Salih
Zubair Mohamed Salih
Major General Zubair Mohamed Salih was a Sudanese soldier and politician. Salih was the deputy of Omar al-Bashir in the military government from 1989 to 1993 and then he continued as al-Bashir's Vice President ....

February 1994 February 1998
First Vice President Ali Osman Taha
Ali Osman Taha
Ali Osman Mohammed Taha is the current First Vice President of Sudan. He had been the Second Vice President of Sudan of Sudan between August 2005 and July 2011. He held the position of first First Vice President from 1998 to August 2005...

February 1998 January 9, 2005
First Vice President John Garang
John Garang
John Garang de Mabior was a Sudanese politician and rebel leader. From 1983 to 2005, he led the Sudan People's Liberation Army during the Second Sudanese Civil War, and following a peace agreement he briefly served as First Vice President of Sudan from January 2005 until he died in a July 2005...

January 9, 2005 July 30, 2005 Southern Sudan
Government of Southern Sudan (2005–2011)
The Government of Southern Sudan, was an autonomous government that administered the ten southern states of Sudan between its formation in July 2005 and independence as the Republic of South Sudan in July 2011. The autonomous government was initially established in Rumbek and later moved to Juba...


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First Vice President Salva Kiir Mayardit
Salva Kiir Mayardit
Salva Kiir Mayardit is the first President of the Republic of South Sudan.-Sudanese civil wars:In the late 1960s, Kiir joined the Anyanya in the First Sudanese Civil War. By the time of the 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement, he was a low-ranking officer...

August 11, 2005 July 9, 2011 From Southern Sudan
Government of Southern Sudan (2005–2011)
The Government of Southern Sudan, was an autonomous government that administered the ten southern states of Sudan between its formation in July 2005 and independence as the Republic of South Sudan in July 2011. The autonomous government was initially established in Rumbek and later moved to Juba...

 Left when South Sudan
South Sudan
South Sudan , officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country located in the Sahel region of northeastern Africa. It is also part of the North Africa UN sub-region. Its current capital is Juba, which is also its largest city; the capital city is planned to be moved to the more...

 became independent.
First Vice President Ali Osman Taha
Ali Osman Taha
Ali Osman Mohammed Taha is the current First Vice President of Sudan. He had been the Second Vice President of Sudan of Sudan between August 2005 and July 2011. He held the position of first First Vice President from 1998 to August 2005...

September 13, 2011 Incumbent

Second Vice-Presidents

Title Name Inaugurated Left Office Notes
Second Vice President Abel Alier
Abel Alier
Abel Alier Kwai is a South Sudanese politician who is currently in his 70s . After Sudan gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1956, Southern Sudan was not left as an independent state. This led to a deadly war a year before the independence. A party in the war was Anyanya 1 Under Joseph...

1976 1982 From Southern Sudan
Government of Southern Sudan (1972–1983)
The Southern Sudan Autonomous Region was an autonomous region that existed in Southern Sudan between 1972 and 1983. It was established on 28 February 1972 by the Addis Ababa Agreement which ended the First Sudanese Civil War. The region was abolished on 5 June 1983 by the administration of...

Second Vice President Joseph Lagu
Joseph Lagu
Joseph Lagu is a South Sudanese military man and politician...

1982 1985 From Southern Sudan
Second Vice President George Kongor Arop February 1994 October 2000 From Southern Sudan
Second Vice President Moses Kacoul Machar February 2001 January 2005 From Southern Sudan
Second Vice President Ali Osman Taha
Ali Osman Taha
Ali Osman Mohammed Taha is the current First Vice President of Sudan. He had been the Second Vice President of Sudan of Sudan between August 2005 and July 2011. He held the position of first First Vice President from 1998 to August 2005...

July 9, 2005 September 13, 2011
Second Vice President Adam Yousef September 13, 2011 Incumbent Position reserved for a National Congress Party representative from Darfur
Darfur
Darfur is a region in western Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by Anglo-Egyptian forces in 1916. The region is divided into three federal states: West Darfur, South Darfur, and North Darfur...

 

Third Vice President

Title Name Inaugurated Left office
Third Vice President Rashid Bakr
Rashid Bakr
El Rashid El Tahir Bakr was the prime minister of Sudan from 11 August 1976 until 10 September 1977. He was a member of the Sudan Socialist Union.- References :...

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Senior Assistants to the President

  • Riek Machar
    Riek Machar
    Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon , is the first vice-president of the independent Republic of South Sudan.Riek Machar obtained a PhD in mechanical engineering in 1984 and then joined the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army during the Second Sudanese Civil War...

     (7 August 1997 – 31 January 2000) - from Southern Sudan
  • Minni Minnawi
    Minni Minnawi
    Suliman Arcua Minnawi known as "Minni Minnawi" is the leader of the what once was the largest faction of the Sudanese Liberation Army until it was weakened by dissention and infighting...

     (23 April 2007 – 6 December 2010) - from Darfur

Assistants to the President

  • Nafii Ali Nafii Ahmed
  • Musa Mohamed Ahmed
    Musa Mohamed Ahmed
    Musa Mohamed Ahmed is a Suannese politician who is currently an Assistant to the President of Sudan. He is also the leader of Eastern Front, a rebel group based in eastern Sudan. The Beja Congress and the Free Lions Movement merged to create the movement...

     - from Eastern Sudan

See also

  • Sudan
    Sudan
    Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...

    • Politics of Sudan
      Politics of Sudan
      Officially, the politics of Sudan takes place in the framework of a presidential representative democratic consociationalist republic, where the President of Sudan is Head of State, Head of Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces in a multi-party system...

    • List of governors of pre-independence Sudan
    • List of heads of state of Sudan
    • List of heads of government of Sudan
  • List of current Vice Presidents
  • Lists of Incumbents
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