The Government of Sudan

Sudan - Government

Based on the etymolgy of Sudan, it was the name derives from the Arabic balad-as-sudan, meaning "Land of the Black [peoples]". The Government system in this country is the presidential republic type and the different Administrative divisions includes: 18 states (wilayat, singular - wilayah); Blue Nile, Central Darfur, East Darfur, Gedaref, Gezira, Kassala, Khartoum, North Darfur, North Kordofan, Northern, Red Sea, River Nile, Sennar, South Darfur, South Kordofan, West Darfur, West Kordofan, White Nile

National symbols

Secretary bird.

The flag

The National flag of Sudan has three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black, with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; colors and design based on the Arab Revolt flag of World War I; red stands for the struggle for freedom, white for peace, light, and love, black for the people, and green for Islam, agriculture, and prosperity.

The National Anthem

Title	"Nahnu Djundulla Djundulwatan" (We Are the Army of God and of Our Land)
Lyric/music	Sayed Ahmad Muhammad SALIH/Ahmad MURJAN

note: adopted 1956; originally served as the anthem of the Sudanese military

More about the government of Sudan

Constitution
Date of Independence	1 January 1956 (from Egypt and the UK)
National holiday	Independence Day, 1 January (1956)
Legal system	mixed system of Islamic law and English common law
International law organization participation	accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; withdrew acceptance of ICCt jurisdiction in 2008
History	Previous 1973, 1998, 2005 (interim constitution, which was suspended in April 2019); latest initial draft completed by Transitional Military Council in May 2019; revised draft known as the "Draft Constitutional Charter for the 2019 Transitional Period," or “2019 Constitutional Declaration” was signed by the Council and opposition coalition on 4 August 2019
Citizenship
Citizenship by birth	no
Citizenship by descent only	the father must be a citizen of Sudan
Dual citizenship recognized	no
Residency requirement for naturalization	10 years
Executive Branch
Chief of state	Sovereign Council Chair and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces General Abd-al-Fattah al-BURHAN Abd-al-Rahman (since 11 November 2021)
Head of government	Sovereign Council Chair and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces General Abd-al-Fattah al-BURHAN Abd-al-Rahman (since 11 November 2021)
Cabinet	the military forced most members of the Council of Ministers out of office in 2021; a handful of ministers appointed by former armed opposition groups were allowed to retain their posts; at present, most of the members of the Council are appointed senior civil servants serving in an acting-minister capacity
Elections/appointments	an election was supposed to be held in 2022 or 2023, but the methodology for elections has still not been defined; military members of the Sovereign Council are selected by the leadership of the security forces; representatives of former armed groups to the Sovereign Council are selected by the signatories of the Juba Peace Agreement
Election results	NA
Legislative branch
Judicial branch
Highest court(s)	National Supreme Court (consists of 70 judges organized into panels of 3 judges and includes 4 circuits that operate outside the capital); a Constitutional Court was required in the 2019 Constitutional Declaration, but it has yet to be implemented
Judge selection and term of office	National Supreme Court and Constitutional Court judges selected by the Supreme Judicial Council
Subordinate courts	Court of Appeal; other national courts; public courts; district, town, and rural courts
Diplomatic representation in the US
Chief of mission	Ambassador Mohamed Abdalla IDRIS (since 16 September 2022)
Chancery	2210 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
Telephone	[1] (202) 338-8565
FAX	[1] (202) 667-2406
Email address and website	consular@sudanembassy.org https://www.sudanembassy.org/
Diplomatic representation from the US
Chief of mission	Ambassador (vacant); Chargé d'Affaires Colleen Crenwelge (since May 2024)
Embassy	P.O. Box 699, Kilo 10, Soba, Khartoum
Mailing address	2200 Khartoum Place, Washington DC 20521-2200
Telephone	[249] 187-0-22000
Email address and website	ACSKhartoum@state.gov https://sd.usembassy.gov/
National heritage
Total World Heritage Sites	3 (2 cultural, 1 natural)
Selected World Heritage Site locales	Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region (c); Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe (c); Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park (n)