Sudan Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Republic of the Sudan

Type: republic under an interim military regime since coup on 6 April 1985

Capital: Khartoum

Political subdivisions · 9 regions

Legal system: based on English common law and Islamic law; in September 1983 President Nimeiri declared the penal code would conform to Islamic law; some separate religious courts; interim constitution promulgated August 1985; legal education at University of Khartoum and extension of Cairo University at Khartoum; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations

National holiday: 1 January, Independence Day

Branches· Transitional Military Council and Provisional Civilian Cabinet; regional military governors

Government leader: Gen. Abdel Rahman SUWAR EL DAHAB, Chairman, Transitional Military Council (since April 1985); Dr. El Cizouli DAFALLA, Prime Minister (since April 1985)

Suffrage: universal adult

Elections: elections scheduled in April 1986 to select representation to a Constituent Assembly that will draft a new constitution in one year an d thereafter turn itself into a parliament to serve for three years

Political parties and leaders: following coup in April 1985, more than 30 different political parties declared; most significant include the Umma Party (Ansar Muslim Sect), the Democratic Unionist Party (Khatmiyyah

Muslim Sect), the rightist Islamic fundamentalist National Islamic Front (Muslim Brotherhood), the Sudanese Communist Party, and the B‘ath Party; major southern parties include the Sudan African Congress and the Southern Sudanese Political Association

Member of: AfDB, APC, Arab League, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, 1CAC, ICAO, IDA, IDB—Islamic Development Bank, IFAD. IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

NOTE: The information regarding Sudan on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sudan 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sudan 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.