Chief Justice of Sudan

The chief justice of Sudan is the head of the Judiciary of Sudan. Under Article 29.(3) of the August 2019 Draft Constitutional Declaration, the chief justice is also the president of the Supreme Court of Sudan and is "responsible for administering the judicial authority before the Supreme Judicial Council." ^{[1] [2]}

List of chief justices

See also: Anglo-Egyptian Sudan § Chief Justices

Chief Justices

• 1903–1917 Wasey Sterry ^[3] (until 1915 Chief Judge)
• 1917–1925 Robert Hay Dun ^[4]
• 1925–1930 Sir Bernard Humphrey Bell ^[5]
• 1930–1936 Howell Owen
• 1936–1942 Thomas Percival Creed
• 1942–1944 Sir Hubert Flaxman
• 1944–1946 Cecil Harry Andrew Bennett
• 1946–1948 Sir Charles Cecil George Cumings
• 1947–1950 Thomas Arthur Maclagan ^[6]
• 1950–1955 William O'Brien Lindsay ^[7]
• 1956–1964 Muhammad Ahmad Abu Rannat
• 1965–1967 Babiker Awadalla

#	Image	Name (birth–death)	Took office	Left office
		Abdel-Mageed Imam [8]		(pre-1986) [8]
RCCNS/Omar al-Bashir presidency
99		Haider Ahmed Dafalla	2014 [9]	2019
Sovereignty Council of Sudan
100		Nemat Abdullah Khair	10 October 2019 [10]	18 May 2021 [11]
101		Abdel-Aziz Fathal-Rahman Abdeen Mohamed	26 November 2021 [12]

See also

• History of Sudan

References

1. "Sudan: Draft Constitutional Charter for the 2019 Transitional Period". 10 August 2019. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
2. raisethevoices.org http://web.archive.org/web/20200520081504/http://raisethevoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sudan-amendment.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2025.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. Daly, m. Empire on the Nile: The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, 1898–1934. p. 153.
4. Collins, Robert. An Arabian Diary. p. 317.
5. "Bell, Sir Bernard Humphrey (1884-1959), colonial judge and Chief Justice of Sudan 1926-1930". National Archives. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
6. Sudan Almanac 1949. Khartoum, Sudan: The Sudan Government, Khartoum, Sudan. 1949. p. 48.
7. Sudan Almanac 1952. Khartoum, Sudan: Public Relations Office, Sudan Government, Khartoum. 1951. p. 48.
8. "Sudanese security arrests SCoP leader in severe crackdown on opposition party". Sudan Tribune . 9 November 2016. Archived from the original on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
9. "Handover of the COMESA Court of Justice facilities – Khartoum, Sudan 26th June 2014 – Welcome to COMESA Court of Justice" . Retrieved 19 May 2025.
10. Dabanga (10 October 2019). "Sudan appoints its first woman Chief Justice". Dabanga Radio TV Online. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
11. "السودان.. إعفاء رئيسة القضاء وقبول استقالة النائب العام". العربية (in Arabic). 18 May 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
12. SudanTribune (26 November 2021). "Sovereign Council appoints new Sudan's chief justice". Sudan Tribune. Retrieved 29 March 2024.