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."

List of chief justices

Chief Justices

1903–1917 Wasey Sterry (until 1915 Chief Judge) 1917–1925 Robert Hay Dun 1925–1930 Sir Bernard Humphrey Bell 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 1950–1955 William O'Brien Lindsay 1956–1964 Muhammad Ahmad Abu Rannat 1965–1967 Babiker Awadalla

# Image Name(birth–death) Took office Left office Abdel-Mageed Imam(pre-1986) RCCNS/Omar al-Bashir presidency 99 Haider Ahmed Dafalla 20142019 Sovereignty Council of Sudan 100 Nemat Abdullah Khair 10 October 2019 18 May 2021101Abdel-Aziz Fathal-Rahman Abdeen Mohamed26 November 2021

See also History of Sudan

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