Republic of Sudan (1985–2019)
Republic of Sudan | |||||||||||
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| 1985–2019 | |||||||||||
| Motto: النصر لنا an-Naṣr lanā "Victory is ours" | |||||||||||
| Anthem: نحن جند الله، جند الوطن Naḥnu Jund Allah, Jund Al-waṭan "We are Soldiers of God, Soldiers of the Homeland" | |||||||||||
Map of Sudan before South Sudanese independence on 9 July 2011 | |||||||||||
| Capital and largest city | Khartoum 15°36′N 32°30′E / 15.600°N 32.500°E | ||||||||||
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| Religion | Islam | ||||||||||
| Demonym | Sudanese | ||||||||||
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| President | |||||||||||
• 1985–1986 | Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab | ||||||||||
• 1986–1989 | Ahmed al-Mirghani | ||||||||||
• 1989–2019 | Omar al-Bashir | ||||||||||
| Prime minister | |||||||||||
• 1985–1986 | Al-Jazuli Daf'allah | ||||||||||
• 1986–1989 | Sadiq al-Mahdi | ||||||||||
• 1989–2017 | Post abolished | ||||||||||
• 2017–2018 | Bakri Hassan Saleh | ||||||||||
• 2018–2019 | Motazz Moussa | ||||||||||
• 2019 | Mohamed Tahir Ayala | ||||||||||
| Legislature | National Legislature | ||||||||||
| Council of States | |||||||||||
| National Assembly | |||||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War, Arab Cold War, war on terror | ||||||||||
| 6 April 1985 | |||||||||||
| 1–12 April 1986 | |||||||||||
| 30 June 1989 | |||||||||||
| 23 April 1990 | |||||||||||
| 27 May 1998 | |||||||||||
| 9 January 2005 | |||||||||||
| 9–15 January 2011 | |||||||||||
| 13–16 April 2015 | |||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | |||||||||||
| 11 April 2019 | |||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
| 1985 | 2,530,397 km2 (976,992 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| 2011 | 1,886,068 km2 (728,215 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1985 | 19,905,871 | ||||||||||
• 2011 | 36,140,806 | ||||||||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2019 estimate | ||||||||||
• Total | $51.31 billion | ||||||||||
• Per capita | $1,126 | ||||||||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate | ||||||||||
• Total | $32.34 billion | ||||||||||
• Per capita | $710 | ||||||||||
| Gini (2019) | 55 high inequality | ||||||||||
| HDI (2019) | 0.521 low | ||||||||||
| Currency | Sudanese pound (to 1992) Sudanese dinar (1992–2007) Sudanese pound (from 2007) | ||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) | ||||||||||
| Calling code | +249 | ||||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | SD | ||||||||||
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President of Sudan
1989-2019
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On 6 April 1985, Defence Minister Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab seized power from President Gaafar Nimeiry in a coup d'état. Not long after, on 30 June 1989, Lieutenant General Omar al-Bashir, with instigation and support from the National Islamic Front (NIF), overthrew the short lived government in a coup d'état where he ruled as president with the National Congress Party (NCP) until his fall in 11 April 2019. During Bashir's rule, also referred to as Bashirist Sudan, or as they called themselves the al-Ingaz regime, he was re-elected three times while overseeing the independence of South Sudan in 2011. His regime was criticized for human rights abuses, atrocities and genocide in Darfur and allegations of harboring and supporting terrorist groups (most notably during the residency of Osama bin Laden from 1992 to 1996) in the region while being subjected to United Nations sanctions beginning in 1995, resulting in Sudan's isolation as an international pariah.