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States of Sudan

Blue Nile

Governors

14 Feb 1994 -    Dec 1997 Abdalla Abu-Fatma Abdalla

   Dec 1997 -    Jan 2000 Abd ar-Rahman Abu Madyan

   Jan 2000 -    Feb 2001 al-Hadi Bashra

   Feb 2001 - 2003        Hassan Hamadayn Suleiman

                          (1st time)

   May 2003 -  2004       Abdallah Uthman al-Haj

       2004 – 02 Sep 2005 Hassan Hamadayn Suleiman

                          (2nd time)

03 Sep 2005 - 03 Jul 2007 Abdel Rahman Mohamed Abu Madien

03 Jul 2007 - 02 Sep 2011 Malik Aggar Eyre

02 Sep 2011 - 01 Apr 2013 Yahya Mohamed Khair

01 Apr 2013 -             Hussein Yassin Hamad

Central Darfur

Governor

11 Jan 2012 - Yousif Tibin

Eastern Darfur

Governor

25 Jan 2012 - 23 Dec 2013 Abdul Hamid Musa Kasha

23 Dec 2013 - Al-Tayeb Abdulkarim

Gadaref

Governors

14 Feb 1994 -    Dec 1997 al-Sharif Badr

   Dec 1997 -    Jan 2000 Ibrahim Ubaydullah

   Jan 2000 - 2003        al-Amin Dafa'allah

       2003 - 23 Apr 2008 Abdel Rahman Ahmed Al Khadr

23 Apr 2008 - 22 Jan 2010 Al-Daw Osman Hassan Al-Faki

22 Jan      - 03 May 2010 Moubarak Munir Hajjo

                          (interim)

03 May 2010 -             Karam Allah Abbas

al-Gezira

Governors

14 Feb 1994 -    Dec 1997 Ibrahim Ubaydullah

   Dec 1997 -        2003 Sharif Ahmad Umar Badr

       2003 - 14 May 2009 Abdel Rahman Sirr Al Khatim

14 May 2009 -             Al Zubeir Bashir Taha

Kassala

1877-1879 Province of Egyptian Sudan

1994-    State

Governors

1877                      Ala al din Pasha Siddiq

1877 - 1879               Abd'al Raziq Haqqi Pasha

1879                      Muhammad Sa'id Pasha Wahbi

1879                      Yusuf Bey Siddiq

1994                      Abdul-Qasim Ibrahim

1994                      Abdullah Siahmed

                          (acting)

1994                      al-Amin Daffala

   Aug 1994 -    Dec 1997 Abu Mohammed

   Dec 1997 -    Feb 2001 Ibrahim Hamid

   Feb 2001 - 2003        Adam Hamid Musa

                          (1st time)

   May 2003 - 2004        Faruq Hasan Muhammad Nur

2004 - 2005               Adam Hamid Musa (2nd time)

03 Sep 2005 -    Jan 2008 Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid

   Jan 2008 - 22 Jan 2010 Salah Ali Adam

22 Jan      - 03 May 2010 Ali Awad Musa

                          (interim)

03 May 2010 -             Mohammad Yousuf Adam Bashir

Khartoum

Governors

1837 - 1861               ....

1861 - 1863               Muhammad Rasikh Bey

1863 - 1877               ....

1877                      Mustafa Bey Murad

1877                      Muhammad Ma'ni Bey

1877 - 1878               Uthman Rifqi

1878                      Busati Bey Madani

01 Feb 1991 – 14 Feb 1994 Mohammed Saeed

14 Feb 1994 -    Dec 1997 Badr al-Din Taha

   Dec 1997 -    Feb 2001 Majdhub al-Khalifa

   Feb 2001 - 08 May 2009 Abd al-Halim Ismail al-Muta'afi

08 May 2009 -             Abdul-Rahman Al-Khidir

Northern

Governors

01 Feb 1991 -    Sep 1993 Mussad el-Nuweirri

   Sep 1993 – 14 Feb 1994 al-Sherif Badr

14 Feb      -    Sep 1994 al-Awad al-Hassan

   Sep 1994 -    Dec 1997 Adam Yusuf

   Dec 1997 -    Jan 2000 Badwai Khayr Idris

   Jan 2000 –    May 2003 al-Mu'tasim Abd al-Rahim al-Hasan

                          (1st time)

   May 2003 - 2004        al-Hadi Bushra

2004 - 2005               al-Mu'tasim Abd al-Rahim al-Hasan

                          (2nd time)

03 Sep 2005 -    Jan 2008 Mirghani Salih Sid Ahmed

   Jan 2008 - 22 Jan 2010 Adil Awad Suliman

22 Jan      - 03 May 2010 Mohamed Khair Fagiri (interim)

03 May 2010 -             Fathi Mohamed Khalil

North Darfur

Governors

14 Feb 1994 -    Dec 1997 al-Tijani Hassan al-Amin

   Dec 1997 -    Jan 2000 Abd as-Sayyar Ali Safar

   Jan 2000 -    Feb 2001 Abdullah Safi-al-Nur

   Feb 2001 –    May 2003 Ibrahim Sulayman

                          (1st time)

   May 2003 – 18 Jul 2005 Osman Muhammad Yusuf Kibir

18 Jul 2005 -             Ibrahim Sulayman (2nd time)

Northern Kordofan

1785-1805 Province

1994-     State of Sudan

Governors

1785 - ....               Ibrahim ben Ramad

.... - 1805               Maqdum Musallam

14 Feb 1994 -    Sep 1994 Mohammed al-Amu

   Sep 1994 -    Dec 1997 al-Awad al-Hassan

   Dec 1997 -    Jan 2000 Ibrahim as-Sanussi

   Jan 2000 -    Feb 2001 Osman al-Hadi Ibrahim

   Feb 2001 - 2003        al-Awad Mohammed al-Hasan

                          (1st time)

   May 2003 - 2004        Ghulam ad-Din Uthman

2004 - 2005              al-Awad Mohammed al-Hasan

                          (2nd time)

03 Sep 2005 - 08 May 2009 Faisal Hassan Ibrahim

08 May 2009 - 22 Jan 2010 Mohamed Ahmed Al-Tahir Abu-Kalabish

22 Jan      - 03 May 2010 Mohamed Ali Mansour

                          (interim)

03 May 2010 - 14 Jul 2013 Mutasim Mirghani Hussain Zaki Dean

14 Jul 2013 -             Ahmed Mohammed Haroum

Red Sea

Governors

14 Feb 1994 -    Feb 1995 Badwai Khayr Idris

   Feb 1995 -    Aug 1995 Awad Khier Allah

   Aug 1995 -    Dec 1997 Mohammed Osman

   Dec 1997 -    Feb 2001 Abu Ali Majdhub Abu Ali

   Feb 2001 – 03 Sep 2005 Hatim al-Wasil Ash-Shaykh

                           as-Sammani

3 Sep 2005 -             Mohammed Taheir Aila

Nahral-Neil

Governors

14 Feb 1994 -        1995 al-Jayli as-Sharif

       1995 -    Dec 1997 Abd al-Rahman al-Khatim

   Dec 1997 -    Jan 2000 Ahmed Ali Qunayf

   Jan 2000 -    Feb 2001 Hassan Sa'ad Ahmed

   Feb 2001 – 03 Sep 2005 Ibrahim Mahmud Hamid

03 Sep 2005 –    Jan 2008 Ghilam Adden Osman Adam

   Jan 2008 - 22 Jan 2010 Ahmed Al Magzob

22 Jan      - 03 May 2010 Jibril Abdel-Latif

                          (interim)

03 May 2010 -             Al Hadi Abdalla

Sennar

1861-1884 Province of Egyptian Sudan

1994      State

Governors

1861 - 1863               Muhammad Rasikh Bey (1st time)

1873 - 1876               Abd'al Raziq Haqqi Pasha

1878 - 1879               Muhammad Rasikh Bey (2nd time)

1879 - 1884               al Mas Bey Muhammad

14 Feb 1994 -    Jun 1994 Mohammed Said

   Jun 1994 -    Aug 1994 Ali Mohammed

   Aug 1994 -    May 1995 Mohammed Sidahmed

   May 1995 -    Jan 2000 Ya'qub Shura

   Jan 2000 – 03 Sep 2005 Yunis Ash-Sharif al-Hussain

03 Sep 2005 -             Ahmed Abbas Mohamed Saad Al Thoam

Southern Darfur

Governors

   Feb 1994 -    Dec 1997 Babikir Jabir Kabalo

   Dec 1997 -    Jan 2000 Adam Yusuf

   Jan 2000 -    Feb 2001 Heraika Izz-Eddin

   Feb 2001 – 03 Sep 2005 Salah Ali al-Ghali

03 Sep 2005 - 07 Jul 2007 Al Haj Atta Al Mannan

07 Jul 2007 - 22 Jan 2010 Ali Mahmoud Mohammed

22 Jan      - 03 May 2010 Omer Abdel Jabar

                          (interim)

03 May 2010 -             Abdul Hamid Mussa Kasha

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Abyei Area

2008 Administration formed in disputed region

      between Khartoum and South Sudan

2011 Occupied by Sudanese military

Chiefs of the Administration

01 Sep 2008 - 30 Dec 2009 Arop Moyak

30 Dec 2009 -             Deng Arop Kuol

Southern Kordofan

1785-1805 Province

1994-     State

Governors

1785 - ....               Muhammad Kura

.... - 1805               Muhammad ben Ali

14 Feb 1994 -    Dec 1997 Habib Makhtoum

   Dec 1997 -    Jan 2000 Abdullah Ubaydullah

   Jan 2000 - 2003        Majdhub Yusuf Babikr

2003 - 2005               Somi Zaydan Attiyah

24 Sep 2005 - 01 Jul 2007 Ismail Khamis Jalab

01 Jul 2007 - 07 May 2009 Omer Suleiman Adam

08 May 2009 - 14 Jul 2013 Ahmed Mohammed Haroun

14 Jul 2013 -             Adam Alfakki Mohammed Altayeb

Western Darfur

Governors

14 Feb 1994 -    Sep 1995 Mohammed al-Fadul

   Sep 1995 -    Dec 1997 Hassan Suleiman

   Dec 1997 -    Jan 2000 Ibrahim Abd ar-Rahman

   Jan 2000 -    May 2003 Umar Harun Abdullah (1st time)

   May 2003 - 2005        Sulayman Abdallah Adam

2005                      Habib Ahmed Makhtoum

2005                      Umar Harun Abdullah (2nd time)

03 Sep 2005 -        2006 Al Shirtai Jaafar Abdel Hakam Ishag

       2006 -        2007 Mohamed al-Tulib

                          (acting)

22 Feb 2007 - 03 May 2010 Abul Ghasim Iman Al Haj

03 May 2010 - 10 Jan 2012 Shartai Jaafar Abdel Hakam

10 Jan 2012 -             Haydar Koma

Western Kordofan

14 Feb 1994               Western Korofan state established

16 Aug 2005 - 14 Jul 2013 State abolished and divided between

                           Northern and Southern Kordofan states

14 Jul 2013               State restored

Governors

14 Feb 1994 - 1995        Salah Ali al-Ghali

1995 - 1997               Hasan Uthman Rizq

   Dec 1997 -    Jan 2000 Bashir Adam Rahmal

   Jan 2000 - 2002        Jayli Ahmad Ash-Sharif

27 Oct 2002 - 2004        At-Tayib Abd ar-Rahman Mukhtar

   Sep 2004 - 16 Aug 2005 Suliman Salman Al-Safi

16 Aug 2005 - 14 Jul 2013 Post Abolished

14 Jul 2013 -             Ahmed Khamis Bakhiet

Western Nile

Governors

14 Feb 1994 -    May 1995 Abdullah Deng Nial

   May 1995 -    Dec 1997 Abdullah Said Ahmad

   Dec 1997 -    Jan 2000 Abd al-Halim al-Mutu'afi

   Jan 2000 -    Feb 2001 Badwai al-Khair Idris

   Feb 2001 - 2003        Abd ar-Rahman Nur ad-Din (1st time)

   May 2003 - 2004        Majdhub Yusuf Babikir

2004 - 2005               Abd ar-Rahman Nur ad-Din (2nd time)

03 Sep 2005 - 22 Jan 2010 Mohamed Noorallah Eltigani

22 Jan      - 03 May 2010 Ali Adam Alian

                          (interim)

03 May 2010 -             Yussef Al Shanbali

Former Provinces and States

From 09 July 2011 South Sudan became independent and the 10 southern states states of al-Buhayrat, Central Equatorial, Eastern Equatorial, Jonglei, North

Bahr el Ghazal, al-Wahda, Western Equatorial, Western Bahr el Ghazal, Warrap and Upper Nile are listed under the separate South Sudan page.

Bahr el-Ghazal

1869-1884 Province of Egyptian Sudan

1991-1994 State

1994      Divided

Governors

29 Jan 1869 - 1872        Hajji Mehmed Nazir

       1872 -    Mar 1878 Zubeir Pasha

   Mar      –    Jun 1878 Idris Wad Daftar

   Jun 1878 - 1879       Mehmed

       1879 -    Sep 1880 Romolo Gessi Pasha

   Sep 1880 -    Dec 1881 ....   (acting)

   Dec 1881 - 28 Apr 1884 Frank Lupton

28 Apr      - 30 Apr 1884 Ali Musa Bey Sawqi

1991 - 1992               George Kongor
       1992 – 14 Feb 1994 Joseph Lasu

Central

Governor
Feb 1991 - 14 Feb 1994 Suleiman Mohammed Suleiman

Darfur

1874-1883 Province of Egyptian Sudan

1991-1994 State

1994      Divided

Governors
24 Oct 1874 -        1881 Hassan Bey Hilmi
       1881 -    Dec 1883 Rudolf Carl von Slatin Bey

   Aug 1991 – 14 Feb 1994 el-Tayib Khayr

Chairmen of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority

23 Apr 2007 - 05 Dec 2010 Suliman Arkou Minawi

05 Dec 2010 - 21 Sep 2011 Shartai Jaafar Abdel Hakam

21 Sep 2011 -             Tijani al-Sissi

Eastern

Governors
26 May 1871 -    Aug 1873 Samuel Baker Pasha .................. 1821-1893
   Aug 1873 -    Mar 1874 Mehmed Reuf Pasha    Mar 1874 -    Oct 1876 Charles George Gordon Pasha ......... 1833-1885    Oct 1876 -    May 1877 Henry Prout Bey ..................... 1845-1927    May      -    Aug 1877 Alexander Mason Bey ................. 1841-1897    Aug 1877 - 1878        Ibrahim Pasha Fawzi        1878 - 1889       Mehmed Emin Pasha ................... 1840-1892
   Feb 1991 - 14 Feb 1994 el-Awad el-Hassan

Equatoria

Governors

Aug 1991 - Sep 1993 Satorlino Afika

Sep 1993 - 14 Feb 1994 Angelo Beda

Kordofan

1748-1883 Province of Egyptian Sudan

1991-1994 State

Governors
1748 - 1772               Sheikh Muhammad Abu'l Kaylak
       1805 - 18 Aug 1821 Maqdum Musallam 18 Aug 1821 - 1822        Mehmed Bey 1822 - 1825               Halim Bey 1825 - 1827               Suleiman Bey Harputli 1828 - 1833               Rustum Bey 1833 - 1837               Mustafa Bey 1837 - 1839               Muhammad Bey Murabit 1839 - 1841               Yusuf Bey 1841 - 1843               Zuhrab Bey 1843 - 1848               Mustafa Kiridli 1848 - 1850               Musa Pasha Hamdi 1851 - 1853               Abd'al Qadir Bey 1853 - 1856               Muhammad Amin Pasha al-Arna'ut                           (1st time) Feb 1856 - 1857           Uthman Bey al Sinnari 1857                      Muhammad amin Pasha al-Arna'ut                           (2nd time) 1857 - 1859               Hassan Ali Pasha Arnavut                           (1st time) 1859 - 1862               Muhammad Rasikh Bey 1862 - 1865               Hassan Ali Pasha Arnavut                           (2nd time) 1865 - 1866               Ibrahim Bey 1866 - 18..               Hasan Pasha Halim 1871                      Abd'al Wahhab Bey 1871 - 1873               .... 1873 - 1874               Hasan Pasha Halim              1874                      Muhammad Sa’id Pasha Wahbi                           (1st time) 1874 - 1878               Mahmud Tahir Pasha 1878 - 1879               Ilyas Pasha Umm Birayr           1879 -    Dec 1883 Muhammad Sa’id Pasha Wahbi                           (2nd time)
       1991               Faisal Mukhtar
       1991 - 14 Feb 1994 el-Saeed el-Husseni