List of heads of government of Sudan

This article lists the heads of government of Sudan, from the establishment of the office of Chief Minister in 1952 until the present day. The office of Prime Minister was abolished after the 1989 coup d'état, and reestablished in 2017 when Bakri Hassan Saleh was appointed Prime Minister by President Omar al-Bashir.

Abdalla Hamdok was appointed as Prime Minister by the Transitional Sovereignty Council on 21 August 2019, as part of the country's transition to democracy. On 25 October 2021, Hamdok was deposed and placed under house arrest, following a coup d'état. On 21 November 2021, Hamdok was reinstated as prime minister as part of an agreement with the military. On 2 January 2022, Hamdok resigned as prime minister.

Titles of heads of government

 * 1952–1956: Chief Minister
 * 1956–1989; 2017–present: Prime Minister

Heads of government of Sudan (1952–present)
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" | No. ! rowspan="2" width="90px" | Portrait ! rowspan="2" | Name (Birth–Death) ! colspan="3" | Term of office ! rowspan="2" | Political party ! rowspan="2" colspan="2" | Head(s) of state (Term) ! Took office ! Left office ! Time in office ! colspan="9" |

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1952–1956)
! style="background:;" | 1 (1885–1959)
 * Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi Seated.png
 * Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi

! style="background:;" | 2 (1900–1969) ! colspan="9" |
 * 22 October 1952
 * November 1953
 * 1 year, 10 days
 * National Umma Party
 * Ismail al-Azahri.jpg
 * Ismail al-Azhari
 * 6 January 1954
 * 1 January 1956
 * 1 year
 * Democratic Unionist Party

Republic of Sudan (1956–1969)
! style="background:;" | (2) (1900–1969) ! rowspan="2" style="background:;"| ! rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal" |Sovereignty Council (1956–1958) ! style="background:;" | 3 (1892–1970) ! style="background:;" | 4 (1900–1983) (resigned) ! rowspan="1" style="background:;"| ! rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal" |Ibrahim Abboud (1958–1964) ! style="background:;" | 5 (1919–2006) ! rowspan="1" style="background:;"| ! rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal" |Committees of Sovereignty (1964–1965) ! style="background:;" | 6 (1908–1976) ! rowspan="3" style="background:;"| ! rowspan="3" style="font-weight:normal" |Ismail al-Azhari (1965–1969) ! style="background:;" | 7 (1935–2020)
 * Ismail al-Azahri.jpg
 * Ismail al-Azhari
 * 1 January 1956
 * 5 July 1956
 * 185 days
 * Democratic Unionist Party
 * Abdallah Khalil Official.png
 * Abdallah Khalil
 * 5 July 1956
 * 17 November 1958
 * 2 years, 134 days
 * National Umma Party
 * AABOUD.jpg
 * Ibrahim Abboud
 * 18 November 1958
 * 30 October 1964
 * 5 years, 348 days
 * Military
 * Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa.jpg
 * Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa
 * 30 October 1964
 * 2 June 1965
 * 215 days
 * National Umma Party
 * Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub 1965.jpg
 * Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub
 * 10 June 1965
 * 25 July 1966
 * 1 year, 53 days
 * National Umma Party
 * Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi 1964.jpg
 * Sadiq al-Mahdi

! style="background:;" | (6) (1908–1976) (deposed) ! colspan="9" |
 * 27 July 1966
 * 18 May 1967
 * 295 days
 * National Umma Party
 * Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub 1965.jpg
 * Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub
 * 18 May 1967
 * 25 May 1969
 * 2 years, 8 days
 * National Umma Party

Democratic Republic of Sudan (1969–1985)
! style="background:;" | 8 (1917–2019) ! rowspan="4" style="background:;"| ! rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal" |Gaafar Nimeiry (1969–1985) ! style="background:;" | 9 (1928–2009)
 * Babiker Awadalla 1960s.jpg
 * Babiker Awadalla
 * 25 May 1969
 * 27 October 1969
 * 154 days
 * Independent
 * Gaafar Nimeiry 1981.jpg
 * Gaafar Nimeiry
 * 28 October 1969

Sudanese Socialist Union ! style="background:;" | 10 (1933–1988) ! style="background:;" | (9) (1928–2009) (deposed) Sudanese Socialist Union ! colspan="9" |
 * 11 August 1976
 * 6 years, 289 days
 * Military /
 * Rashid Bakr.jpg
 * Rashid Bakr
 * 11 August 1976
 * 10 September 1977
 * 1 year
 * Sudanese Socialist Union
 * Gaafar Nimeiry 1981.jpg
 * Gaafar Nimeiry
 * 10 September 1977
 * 6 April 1985
 * 7 years
 * Military /

Republic of Sudan (1985–2019)
! style="background:;" | 11 (born 1935) ! rowspan="1" style="background:;"| ! rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal" |Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (1985–1986) ! style="background:;" | (7) (1935–2020)
 * Al-Jazuli Daf'allah 1985b.jpg
 * Al-Jazuli Daf'allah
 * 22 April 1985
 * 6 May 1986
 * 1 year, 13 days
 * Independent
 * Sadiq al-Mahdi 1987b.jpg
 * Sadiq al-Mahdi

(deposed) ! rowspan="1" style="background:;"| ! rowspan="1" style="font-weight:normal" |Ahmed al-Mirghani (1986–1989) ! style="background:;" | 12 (born 1949) ! rowspan="3" style="background:;"| ! rowspan="3" style="font-weight:normal" |Omar al-Bashir (1989–2019) ! style="background:;" | 13 (born 1967) ! style="background:;" | 14 (born 1951) (deposed) ! colspan="9" |
 * 6 May 1986
 * 30 June 1989
 * 3 years, 56 days
 * National Umma Party
 * colspan="9" | Post abolished (30 June 1989 – 2 March 2017)
 * colspan="9" | Post abolished (30 June 1989 – 2 March 2017)
 * No image.png
 * Bakri Hassan Saleh
 * 2 March 2017
 * 10 September 2018
 * 1 year, 191 days
 * National Congress Party
 * [[File:The Minister of Water Resources & Electricity of Republic of Sudan, Mr. Mutaz Musa Abdulla meeting the Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Kalraj Mishra, in New Delhi on October 29, 2015 (cropped).jpg|90px]]
 * Motazz Moussa
 * 10 September 2018
 * 23 February 2019
 * 166 days
 * National Congress Party
 * محمد طاهر ايلا (cropped).jpg
 * Mohamed Tahir Ayala
 * 23 February 2019
 * 11 April 2019
 * 46 days
 * National Congress Party

Transitional period (2019–present)
! style="background:;" | 15 (born 1956) (deposed) ! rowspan="3" style="background:;"| ! rowspan="3" style="font-weight:normal" |Transitional Sovereignty Council (2019–present) ! style="background:;" | (15) ! style="background:;" | — Acting Prime Minister
 * colspan="9" | Post vacant (11 April – 21 August 2019)
 * colspan="9" | Post vacant (11 April – 21 August 2019)
 * rowspan="2" | Mark Green and Abdalla Hamdok at USAID HQ (2) (cropped).jpg
 * rowspan="2" | Abdalla Hamdok
 * 21 August 2019
 * 25 October 2021
 * 2 years, 65 days
 * Forces of Freedom and Change
 * 21 November 2021
 * 2 January 2022
 * 42 days
 * Independent
 * -style="background:#e6e6aa;"
 * No image.png
 * Osman Hussein
 * 19 January 2022
 * Incumbent
 * 2 years, 161 days
 * Independent
 * }