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.
Position Name Took office Left office NotesPresident of the AssemblyMuhammad Salih Shingitti 19481953Speaker of the upper house, SenateAhmed Mohamed Yassin19541956Speaker of the upper house, SenateMohammed El Hassan Diab19561957Speaker of the lower house, House of RepresentativesBabiker Awadalla19541957Speaker of the lower house, House of RepresentativesMuhammad Salih Shingitti 1957November 1958Speaker of the upper house, SenateAmin al-Sayed1957November 1958President of Central CouncilAwad Abdel Rahman Sghir19621964Chairman, first constituent assemblyMubarak Fadel Shaddad19651965Chairman, second constituent assemblyMubarak Fadel Shaddad19681969Chairman, people's assemblyAlnadhir Dafeallah19721973Chairman, people's assemblyRashid Bakr19741976Chairman, people's assemblyAbu al-Qasim Hashim19761980Chairman, people's assemblyRashid Bakr19801981Chairman, fifth people's assemblyIzz al-Din al-Sayed Mohammed19821985Chairman, constituent assemblyMohamed Ibrahim Khalil19861988Chairman, constituent assemblyMohamed Yousef Mohamed19881989Chairman, constituent assemblyFarouk Ali Al-Barir12 April 198930 June 1989Chairman, National Transitional CouncilMohamed Al-Amin Khalifa19921996Speaker, National AssemblyHassan al-Turabi1996December 1999DissolvedDecember 1999December 2000Speaker, National AssemblyAhmed Ibrahim al-Tahir200131 August 2005Speaker, National AssemblyAhmed Ibrahim al-Tahir31 August 2005November 2013Speaker, National AssemblyFatih Ezzedine al-MansurNovember 20131 June 2015Speaker, National AssemblyIbrahim Ahmed Omer Ahmed1 June 201511 April 2019
2015–2019 session
The most recent session was elected in 2015.
PartyVotes%Seats+/–National Congress Party4,321,90183.4323–1Democratic Unionist Party–Original249,7684.825+24Democratic Unionist Party137,2652.615+11Other parties475,1859.244–Independents19+16Invalid/blank votes– –––Total5,184,119100426–24Registered 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 SudanNational Congress Party 324316Sudan People's Liberation Movement 998Popular Congress Party44Democratic Unionist Party 44Federal Umma Party43Umma Party for Reform and Development32Democratic Unionist Party - Original10Sudan People's Liberation Movement–Democratic Change20Umma Collective Leadership11Federal Umma Party11National Umma Party11Muslim Brotherhood11Independents33Vacant48Total450354
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.
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