National Assembly of Sudan
The National Assembly of the Republic of Sudan المجلس الوطني السوداني | |
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5th National Assembly | |
13–16 April 2015 | |
Meeting place | |
Omdurman, Sudan | |
Website | |
The National Assembly (permanent dead link) |
Member State of the Arab League |
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15°37′03.5″N 32°29′15.7″E / 15.617639°N 32.487694°E
The National Assembly (
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.[1]
As part of the
Speakers
Hassan Abdallah al-Turabi 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.
Position | Name | Took office | Left office | Notes |
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President of the Assembly | Muhammad Salih Shingitti | 1948 | 1953 | [3] |
Speaker of the upper house, Senate | Ahmed Mohamed Yassin | 1954 | 1956 | [4] |
Speaker of the upper house, Senate | Mohammed El Hassan Diab | 1956 | 1957 | [5] |
Speaker of the lower house, House of Representatives | Babiker Awadalla | 1954 | 1957 | [3] |
Speaker of the lower house, House of Representatives | Muhammad Salih Shingitti | 1957 | November 1958 | [3][6] |
Speaker of the upper house, Senate | Amin al-Sayed | 1957 | November 1958 | [3][6] |
President of Central Council | Awad Abdel Rahman Sghir | 1962 | 1964 | [3] |
Chairman, first constituent assembly | Mubarak Fadel Shaddad | 1965 | 1965 | [3] |
Chairman, second constituent assembly | Mubarak Fadel Shaddad | 1968 | 1969 | [3] |
Chairman, people's assembly | Alnadhir Dafeallah | 1972 | 1973 | [3] |
Chairman, people's assembly | Rashid Bakr | 1974 | 1976 | [3][7] |
Chairman, people's assembly | Abu al-Qasim Hashim | 1976 | 1980 | [3] |
Chairman, people's assembly | Rashid Bakr | 1980 | 1981 | [3][7] |
Chairman, fifth people's assembly | Izz al-Din al-Sayed Mohammed | 1982 | 1985 | [3] |
Chairman, constituent assembly | Mohamed Ibrahim Khalil | 1986 | 1988 | [3][6] |
Chairman, constituent assembly | Mohamed Yousef Mohamed | 1988 | 1989 | [3][6] |
Chairman, constituent assembly | Farouk Ali Al-Barir | 12 April 1989 | 30 June 1989 | [3][6] |
Chairman, National Transitional Council | Mohamed Al-Amin Khalifa | 1992 | 1996 | [3] |
Speaker, National Assembly | Hassan al-Turabi | 1996 | December 1999 | [3][8] |
Dissolved | December 1999 | December 2000 | [9] | |
Speaker, National Assembly | Ahmed Ibrahim al-Tahir | 2001 | 31 August 2005 | [3][10][11] |
Speaker, National Assembly | Ahmed Ibrahim al-Tahir | 31 August 2005 | November 2013 | [12] |
Speaker, National Assembly | Fatih Ezzedine al-Mansur | November 2013 | 1 June 2015 | [13][14] |
Speaker, National Assembly | Ibrahim Ahmed Omer Ahmed | 1 June 2015 | 11 April 2019 | [15] |
2015-2019 session
The most recent session was
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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National Congress |
4,321,901 | 83.4 | 323 | ||
Democratic Unionist Party | 249,768 | 4.8 | 25 | ||
Democratic Unionist Party (Jalal al-Digair) | 137,265 | 2.6 | 15 | ||
Other parties | 475,185 | 9.2 | 44 | ||
Independents | 19 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | ||
Total | 5,184,119 | 100 | 426 | – | |
Registered voters/turnout | – | – | |||
Source: Adam Carr Sudan News Agency |
2010-2015 session
- 49% to northerners
Other Arab political parties (14%)
- Umma Party(Hizb al-Umma)
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Sudanese Communist Party
- Sudanese Ba'ath Party
Sudan People's Liberation Movement (28%)
- 28% to southerners
Other Black political parties (6%)
- United Democratic Sudan Forum
- Union of Sudan African Parties 1
- Union of Sudan African Parties 2
- United Democratic Front
- South Sudan Democratic Forum/ Democratic Forum for South Sudan
- Sudan African National Union
Composition of the National Assembly following the 2010 election[17] and the independence of South Sudan.[18]
Party | 2010 Election Results
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Following independence of South Sudan | |
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National Congress Party (NCP)
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323 | 316 | |
Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) | 99 | 8 | |
People's Congress Party
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4 | 4 | |
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) | 4 | 4 | |
Federal Umma Party | 9 | 3 | |
Umma Party for Reform and Development | 2 | 2 | |
Democratic Unionist Party - Origin | 2 | 0 | |
Sudan People's Liberation Movement - Democratic Change
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2 | 0 | |
Umma Collective Leadership | 1 | 1 | |
National Umma Party | 1 | 1 | |
Umma Party
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1 | 1 | |
Muslim Brotherhood | 1 | 1 | |
Independents | 3 | 3 | |
Vacant | 4 | 8 | |
Total | 450 | 354 |
Parliament building
The seat of the National Assembly is Omdurman, immediately north-west of the country's capital Khartoum. The building was designed in the style of brutalist architecture by the Romanian architect Cezar Lăzărescu and completed in 1978.[19] It is located on the banks of the White Nile at the confluence with the Blue Nile near the old Omdurman bridge.
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