Republic of Sudan (1985–2019)

Republic of Sudan
جمهورية السودان (Arabic)
Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān
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 / 15.600; 32.500
Official languages
Ethnic groups
Religion
Islam
DemonymSudanese
Government
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
LegislatureNational Legislature
Council of States
National Assembly
Historical eraCold 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
19852,530,397 km2 (976,992 sq mi)
20111,886,068 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
CurrencySudanese pound
(to 1992)
Sudanese dinar
(1992–2007)
Sudanese pound
(from 2007)
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)
Calling code+249
ISO 3166 codeSD
Internet TLD
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Democratic Republic of Sudan
Republic of the Sudan
Republic of South Sudan
Today part of

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.