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National Assembly of Sudan

Lower house of Sudan's legislature

Summary

Lower house of Sudan's legislature

FieldValue
nameNational Assembly of Sudan
native_nameالجمعية الوطنية السودانية
legislature5th National Legislature
coa_picLogo of the Sudanese National Assembly.png
coa_res150px
house_typeLower houseUnicameral
(1948–2005)
foundation1948
disbanded2019
leader1_typeSpeaker
leader1Ibrahim Ahmed Omer Ahmed (last)
seats426
term_length5 years
structure1Sudan National Assembly 2015.svg
structure1_res300px
*{{Color box#0A5A38bordersliver}} National Congress Party (323)
*{{Color box#00A6EFbordersliver}} Democratic Unionist Party (25)
*{{Color box#006803bordersliver}} National Umma Party (3)
*{{Color box#DDDDBBbordersliver}} Others (56)
*{{Color box#DCDCDCbordersliver}} Independents (19)
voting_system1Mixed member majoritarian:
last_election113–16 April 2015
session_room120593917.fFhXTfR6.SudanDec094632.jpg
meeting_placeOmdurman, Sudan
websiteThe National Assembly

(1948–2005) Government (323)

  • National Congress Party (323) Opposition (103)
  • Democratic Unionist Party (25)
  • National Umma Party (3)
  • Others (56)
  • Independents (19)
  • 213 seats are elected by First-past-the-post
  • 128 seats reserved for women are elected by Closed list proportional representation
  • 85 seats unreserved are elected by Closed list proportional representation (permanent dead link)

The National Assembly (, Al-Maǧlis al-Waṭaniy) was the lower house of the National Legislature of Sudan. The legislature was unicameral until 2005. The upper house was the Council of States (Majlis Welayat).

The National Assembly was dissolved on 11 April 2019 following a military coup which overthrew Sudan President Omar al-Bashir and Assembly's ruling National Congress Party.

As part of the Sudanese transition to democracy, a Transitional Legislative Council was to be formed which would function as the legislature of Sudan until elections scheduled for 2022. As of 2025, the Transitional Legislative Council has failed to be formed; rather, the members of the Transitional Sovereignty Council and Cabinet of Sudan constitute a Transitional Legislative Authority acting as Sudan's interim legislature.

Speakers

Hassan Abdallah al-Turabi was the speaker from 1996 until he stripped of the post in December 1999, and placed under arrest after a falling out with President Omar al-Bashir.

PositionNameTook officeLeft officeNotes
President of the AssemblyMuhammad Salih Shingitti19481953url=http://parliament.gov.sd/ar/index.php/site/historytitle=تاريخ المجلس الوطنىwebsite=parliament.gov.sdaccess-date=2019-02-28archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504005618/http://www.parliament.gov.sd/ar/index.php/site/historyarchive-date=2019-05-04url-status=dead}}
Speaker of the upper house, SenateAhmed Mohamed Yassin19541956
Speaker of the upper house, SenateMohammed El Hassan Diab19561957
Speaker of the lower house, House of RepresentativesBabiker Awadalla19541957
Speaker of the lower house, House of RepresentativesMuhammad Salih Shingitti1957November 1958url=http://www.parliament.gov.sd/ar/index.php/site/presdentInfoPage/2title=جمهورية السودان - المجلس الوطنىwebsite=www.parliament.gov.sdaccess-date=2019-02-28archive-date=2019-03-01archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301074722/http://www.parliament.gov.sd/ar/index.php/site/presdentInfoPage/2url-status=live}}
Speaker of the upper house, SenateAmin al-Sayed1957November 1958
President of Central CouncilAwad Abdel Rahman Sghir19621964
Chairman, first constituent assemblyMubarak Fadel Shaddad19651965
Chairman, second constituent assemblyMubarak Fadel Shaddad19681969
Chairman, people's assemblyAlnadhir Dafeallah19721973
Chairman, people's assemblyRashid Bakr19741976url=http://www.parliament.gov.sd/ar/index.php/site/presdentInfoPage/11title=جمهورية السودان - المجلس الوطنىwebsite=www.parliament.gov.sdaccess-date=2019-03-01archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504005554/http://www.parliament.gov.sd/ar/index.php/site/presdentInfoPage/11archive-date=2019-05-04url-status=dead}}
Chairman, people's assemblyAbu al-Qasim Hashim19761980
Chairman, people's assemblyRashid Bakr19801981
Chairman, fifth people's assemblyIzz al-Din al-Sayed Mohammed19821985
Chairman, constituent assemblyMohamed Ibrahim Khalil19861988
Chairman, constituent assemblyMohamed Yousef Mohamed19881989
Chairman, constituent assemblyFarouk Ali Al-Barir12 April 198930 June 1989
Chairman, National Transitional CouncilMohamed Al-Amin Khalifa19921996
Speaker, National AssemblyHassan al-Turabi1996December 1999url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p8Qs4DLCOGMC&q=Turabititle=Parlementsdate=29 April 1999publisher=Inter-parliamentary Unionisbn=9789291420544via=Google Booksaccess-date=29 August 2021archive-date=26 February 2022archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226163200/https://books.google.com/books?id=p8Qs4DLCOGMC&q=Turabiurl-status=live}}
DissolvedDecember 1999December 2000
Speaker, National AssemblyAhmed Ibrahim al-Tahir200131 August 2005url=http://parliament.gov.sd/en/index.php/site/presdentInfoPage/3title=The Sudan National Assemblywebsite=parliament.gov.sdaccess-date=2019-02-28archive-date=2019-03-01archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301135937/http://parliament.gov.sd/en/index.php/site/presdentInfoPage/3url-status=live}}
Speaker, National AssemblyAhmed Ibrahim al-Tahir31 August 2005November 2013
Speaker, National AssemblyFatih Ezzedine al-MansurNovember 20131 June 2015
Speaker, National AssemblyIbrahim Ahmed Omer Ahmed1 June 201511 April 2019

2015–2019 session

The most recent session was elected in 2015.

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Congress Party (Sudan)}}"National Congress Party4,321,90183.4323
Democratic Unionist Party–Original249,7684.825
Democratic Unionist Party (Sudan)}}"Democratic Unionist Party137,2652.615
Other parties475,1859.244
Independents19+16
Invalid/blank votes––––
Total5,184,119100426–24
Registered voters/turnout13,126,989–––
Source: Adam Carr Sudan News Agency

2010–2015 session

Sudan was previously in a transitional period following the signing of a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) on 9 January 2005 that officially ended the civil war between the Sudanese Government (based in Khartoum) and the southern-based Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) rebel group. The National Assembly consisted of 450 appointed members who represent the government, former rebels, and other opposition political parties. The National Assembly, whose members were appointed in mid-2005 replaced the latest elected parliament. All members of the National Legislature serve six-year terms. Article 117 of the Interim Constitution called for the 450 members of the National Assembly to be appointed according to the following power-sharing formula:

National Congress Party Party (52%)

  • 49% to northerners

Other Arab political parties (14%)

  • Umma Party (Hizb al-Umma)
  • Democratic Unionist Party
  • Sudanese Communist Party
  • Sudanese Ba'ath Party

Sudan People's Liberation Movement (28%)

  • 28% to southerners

Other Black political parties (6%)

  • United Democratic Sudan Forum
  • Union of Sudan African Parties 1
  • Union of Sudan African Parties 2
  • United Democratic Front
  • South Sudan Democratic Forum/ Democratic Forum for South Sudan
  • Sudan African National Union

Composition of the National Assembly following the 2010 election and the independence of South Sudan.

Party2010 Election ResultsFollowing independence of South SudanVacantTotal
National Congress Party (Sudan)}}"National Congress Party324316
Sudan People's Liberation Movement}}"Sudan People's Liberation Movement998
Popular Congress Party44
Democratic Unionist Party (Sudan)}}"Democratic Unionist Party44
Federal Umma Party43
Umma Party for Reform and Development32
Democratic Unionist Party - Original10
Sudan People's Liberation Movement–Democratic Change20
Umma Collective Leadership11
Federal Umma Party11
National Umma Party}}"National Umma Party11
Muslim Brotherhood11
Independents33
48
450354

Parliament building

The seat of the National Assembly is Omdurman, immediately north-west of the country's capital Khartoum. The building was designed in the style of brutalist architecture by the Romanian architect Cezar Lăzărescu and completed in 1978. It is located on the banks of the White Nile at the confluence with the Blue Nile near the old Omdurman bridge.

References

References

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  3. "تاريخ المجلس الوطنى".
  4. "جمهورية السودان - المجلس الوطنى".
  5. "جمهورية السودان - المجلس الوطنى".
  6. "جمهورية السودان - المجلس الوطنى".
  7. "جمهورية السودان - المجلس الوطنى".
  8. (29 April 1999). "Parlements". Inter-parliamentary Union.
  9. "SUDAN: parliamentary elections Majlis Watani, 2000".
  10. "The Sudan National Assembly".
  11. "Speaker of National Assembly Hails Sudanese Pioneers who Achieved Independence".
  12. "Archived copy".
  13. "The Sudan National Assembly".
  14. (13 December 2013). "Sudan: Drafting a New Constitution Is the Top Priority for Sudan's Parliament - Speaker".
  15. "The Sudan National Assembly".
  16. "Neues Parlament für Kryptowährungen".
  17. "IPU PARLINE database: SUDAN (Majlis Watani), Last elections".
  18. "The Present National Assembly".
  19. "National Assembly of Sudan".
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