The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia. The prime minister is the chair of the Cabinet of Australia and thus the head of the federal executive government. Under the principles of responsible government,the prime minister is both responsible to and a member of the Commonwealth Parliament. The current prime minister is Anthony Albanese of the Australian Labor Party,who assumed the office on 23 May 2022.
Ali Osman Mohammed Taha is a Sudanese politician who was First Vice President of Sudan from July 2011 to December 2013. Previously he was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1995,First Vice President from 1995 to January 2005,and Second Vice President from August 2005 to July 2011. He is a member of the National Congress Party.
The National Umma Party is an Islamic political party in Sudan. It was formerly led by Sadiq al-Mahdi,who served twice as Prime Minister of Sudan,and was removed once by inter party conflict and once by a military coup. As of 2019,Major General Fadlallah Baramah Nasser was the acting Chair of the party,and al-Mahdi's daughter,Mariam al-Mahdi,was one of the three vice-chairs.
Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe is an Ethiopian politician who served as prime minister of Ethiopia from 2012 to 2018. He also previously served as deputy prime minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Meles Zenawi from 2010 to 2012. After Meles' death in August 2012,Hailemariam succeeded him as prime minister,initially in an acting capacity. He was then elected as the chair of the EPRDF,the ruling party,on 15 September 2012. Hailemariam also served as the chairperson of the African Union from 2013 to 2014.
The politics of South Sudan concern the system of government in the Republic of South Sudan,a country in East Africa,and the people,organizations,and events involved in it.
Osman Jama Ali is a Somali politician. He was Deputy Prime Minister of the Transitional National Government of Somalia and briefly served as the acting Prime Minister from October 28,2001 to November 12,2001. He hailed from the Rer Ainanshe branch of the Habar Yoonis.
The Cabinet of Sudan usually refers to the chief executive body of the Republic of the Sudan. The Cabinet was dissolved following the 11 April 2019 Sudanese coup d'état. Chapter 5 of the August 2019 Draft Constitutional Declaration defines the procedures which led to the nomination of Abdalla Hamdok as Prime Minister,and up to 20 Ministers in the Cabinet,during late August 2019,for the 39-month democratic transition. The Sudanese Women's Union protested against this. Under Article 19 of the Draft Constitutional Declaration,the ministers of the Transitional Cabinet are ineligible to run in the election scheduled to follow the transition period.
Lho Shin-yong was a South Korean politician,diplomat and intelligence chief,who served as the 18th Prime Minister,the 18th Foreign Minister and the 12th Director of the Agency of National Security Planning of the fifth South Korean republic.
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdelrahman al-Burhan is a Sudanese army general who is the de facto ruler of Sudan. Following the Sudanese Revolution in April 2019,he was handed control of the military junta,the Transitional Military Council,a day after it was formed,due to protesters' dissatisfaction with the establishment ties of initial leader Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf. He served as chairman of the TMC until a draft constitutional declaration signed with civilians went into effect on the 17th of August and a collective head of state Transitional Sovereignty Council was formed,also to be initially headed by al-Burhan.
Several Sudanese election plans followed the Sudanese Revolution of 2019,starting with a plan to hold elections in July 2023 under the 2019 Draft Constitutional Declaration. The December 2022 "Framework Agreement" between civilian and military groups in Sudan scheduled a two-year transition to be followed by elections. However,since April 2023,plans for an election have been stalled due to the ongoing civil war.
Abdalla Hamdok Al-Kinani is a Sudanese public administrator who served as the 15th Prime Minister of Sudan from 2019 to October 2021,and again from November 2021 to 2 January 2022. Prior to his appointment,Hamdok served in numerous national and international administrative positions. From November 2011 to October 2018,he was deputy executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). UNECA staff described Hamdok as "[a] diplomat,a humble man and a brilliant and disciplined mind". In 2020,Hamdok was named among Bloomberg's 50 Most Influential figures of the year.
The 2019–2022 Sudanese protests were street protests in Sudan which began in mid-September 2019,during Sudan's transition to democracy,about issues which included the nomination of a new Chief Justice and Attorney General,the killing of civilians by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF),the toxic effects of cyanide and mercury from gold mining in Northern state and South Kordofan,opposition to a state governor in el-Gadarif and to show trials of Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) coordinators,and advocating the dismissal of previous-government officials in Red Sea,White Nile,and South Darfur. The protests follow the Sudanese Revolution's street protests and civil disobedience of the early September 2019 transfer of executive power to the country's Sovereignty Council,civilian prime minister Abdalla Hamdok,and his cabinet of ministers. Hamdok described the 39-month transition period as defined by the aims of the revolution.
The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Sudan is the government ministry responsible for defence and the Sudanese Armed Forces.
On 25 October 2021,the Sudanese military,led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan,took control of the Government of Sudan in a military coup. At least five senior government figures were initially detained. Civilian Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok refused to declare support for the coup and on 25 October called for popular resistance;he was confined to house arrest on 26 October. Internet outages were reported. Later the same day,the Sovereignty Council was dissolved,a state of emergency was put in place,and a majority of the Hamdok Cabinet and a number of pro-government supporters were arrested. As of 5 November 2021,the list of those detained included "government ministers,members of political parties,lawyers,civil society activists,journalists,human rights defenders,and protest leaders",who were held in secret locations,without access to their families or lawyers.
The political history of Africa in the 2020s covers political events on the continent,other than elections,from 2020 onwards.
