List of political parties in Sudan
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Sudan
has several political parties
which have very little political power, except the National Congress
. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no chance of gaining influence.
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...
has several political parties
Political Parties
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which have very little political power, except the National Congress
National Congress (Sudan)
The National Congress or National Congress Party ' is the governing official political party of Sudan. It is headed by Omar al-Bashir, who has been President of Sudan since he seized power in a military coup on 30 June 1989, and began institutionalizing Sharia law at a national level...
. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no chance of gaining influence.
Main parties
- Democratic Unionist PartyDemocratic Unionist Party (Sudan)The Democratic Unionist Party is the oldest political party in Sudan.Sudan's first President Ismail al-Azhari was a member of the party when it was known as the National Unionist Party...
(Al Hizb Al-Ittihadi Al-Dimuqrati) - Umma Party (Hizb al-Umma)
- Hizb ut-TahrirHizb ut-TahrirHizb ut-Tahrir is an international Sunni. pan-Islamic political organisation but keeps it open for all including shias,some of its beliefs are against sunni school of thought, whose goal is for all Muslim countries to unify as an Islamic state or caliphate ruled by Islamic law and with a caliph...
(Hizb ut-Tahrir) - National CongressNational Congress (Sudan)The National Congress or National Congress Party ' is the governing official political party of Sudan. It is headed by Omar al-Bashir, who has been President of Sudan since he seized power in a military coup on 30 June 1989, and began institutionalizing Sharia law at a national level...
(Al Muttamar al Watani) - Sudan People's Liberation Movement (northern sector)Sudan People's Liberation Movement (northern sector)Sudan People's Liberation Movement , also known as SPLM-North, is a banned political party in the Republic of Sudan. It is currently actively primarily in the states of Blue Nile and South Kordofan, where its armed branch, the Southern People's Liberation Army North is engaged in an active...
- Popular Congress (Al-Mu'tamar al-Sha’bi)
- Sudanese Ba'ath PartySudanese Ba'ath PartySudanese Ba'ath Party is a political party in Sudan. The party is led by Mohamed Ali Jadin.The party emerged out of a split within the pan-Arab Ba'ath Party. Another Sudanese faction, led by Kamal Boulad remained in the pan-Arab party....
(Hizb al-Ba'ath as-Sudani) - Sudanese Communist PartySudanese Communist PartyThe Sudanese Communist Party is a Communist political party in the Republic of Sudan. Founded in 1946, it was a major force in Sudanese politics until 1971, when military ruler Gaafar al-Nimeiry launched a wave of repression against the party after a failed coup implicated...
(Al-Hizb al-Shuyui al-Sudani) - Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Organisation
- Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Country
- Liberal Democratic Party, SudanLiberal Democratic Party, SudanThe Democratic Liberal Party is a political party in Sudan. The party was formed through the merger of four parties, Sudan Liberal Party, Sudanese Democratic Movement, Movement of New Democratic Forces - United Leadership and the Sudanese Democratic Party on September 4, 2008. The party's ideology...
- Liberal DemocratsLiberal Democrats (Sudan)The Liberal Democrats is a political party in Sudan.At the last legislative elections, December 2000, the party won one seat. At the presidential elections of the same moment, its candidate Dr. Al-Samuel Hussein Osman Mansour won 1.0% of the votes.-References:* in Arabicnews.com. Retrieved June...
(Hizb Al-Demokhrateen Al-Ahrar) - Sudanese Socialist Democratic Party
- National Democratic AllianceNational Democratic Alliance (Sudan)The National Democratic Alliance is a group of 13 political parties that formed in 1989 to oppose the new regime of Omar Hassan al-Bashir after he seized power in a military coup on June 6, 1989. The NDA signed a deal with the Sudanese government on June 18, 2005, following a peace agreement to...
- Sudan National Alliance http://members.tripod.com/~saf_pl/
- The National Reform Party http://www.alislahalwatani.com/
- Sudanese Unity National Party. (S.U.N. PARTY)
External links
See also
- Politics of SudanPolitics of SudanOfficially, 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...
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