Abdalla Hamdok government


The Abdalla Hamdok government was the cabinet of the Republic of the Sudan formed in the aftermath of the 11 April 2019 Sudanese coup d'état.
Chapter 5 of the August 2019 Draft Constitutional Declaration defined the procedures which led to the nomination of Abdalla Hamdok as prime minister, and up to 20 ministers in the transitional government, during the 39-month democratic transition. The Sudanese Women's Union protested against this. Under Article 19 of the Draft Constitutional Declaration, the ministers of the Transitional Cabinet are ineligible to run in the election scheduled to follow the transition period.
In October 2021, the Hamdok government was overthrown in the 2021 Sudanese coup d'état. The Hamdok government was reinstated on 21 November 2021 and dissolved on 2 January 2022 when Abdalla Hamdok resigned as prime minister of Sudan. A civil war broke out in Sudan in April 2023.

Formation

The 2018–19 Sudanese protests led to the 11 April 2019 Sudanese coup d'état which overthrew President Omar al-Bashir and dissolved his Cabinet. The defense minister who led the coup was removed on 14 April 2019.

Draft Constitutional Declaration

The sustained civil disobedience by Sudanese citizens that preceded the April coup d'état continued, in opposition to the Transitional Military Council. Negotiations between the TMC and the Forces of Freedom and Change alliance led to the July Political Agreement and the August Draft Constitutional Declaration, which gave the FFC the choice of the ministers of the transitional government, with the sovereignty council holding the right to veto nominations, apart from the defence and interior ministers, who are to be selected by military members of the Sovereignty Council and appointed by the prime minister. Chapter 5 of the Draft Constitutional Declaration defines the Transitional Cabinet in similar terms, but gives the Prime Minister the right to choose the other members of the cabinet from a list provided to him or her by the FFC. The cabinet members are "confirmed by the Sovereignty Council".
Article 16. of the Draft Constitutional Declaration requires the prime minister and members of Cabinet to be "Sudanese by birth", at least 25 years old, a clean police record for "crimes of honour".
Article 16. excludes dual nationals from being a minister of defence, interior, foreign affairs or justice unless an exemption is agreed by the Sovereignty Council and the FFC for the position of prime minister, or by the Sovereignty Council and the prime minister for ministerial positions.
The transitional period ministers are forbidden under Article 19 of the Draft Constitutional Declaration from running in the planned 2022 Sudanese general election.

Prime minister

Abdalla Hamdok, a Sudanese public administrator who served in numerous international administrative positions during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, was nominated by the FFC as prime minister and formally sworn in on 21 August 2019.

Women's participation

On 18 August 2019, the Sudanese Women's Union stated that women had not been consulted in the preparation of a list of candidates for ministerial posts for the 2019–2022 Transitional Cabinet, and that few women were among the candidates. Women in senior positions in the transitional period institutions include Aisha Musa el-Said and Raja Nicola in the Sovereignty Council of Sudan.
The Sudanese Women's Union argued that women had played as significant a role as men in the political changes of 2019 and that Sudanese women "claim an equal share of 50-50 with men at all levels, measured by qualifications and capabilities".
Women ministers in the Hamdok Cabinet include Asma Mohamed Abdalla as foreign minister, Lena el-Sheikh Mahjoub as minister of social development and labour, Wala'a Essam al-Boushi as minister for youth and sports, Intisar el-Zein Soughayroun as minister of higher education.

Budget

The al-Bashir annual national budgets mostly funded Sudanese security and other armed forces, with the 2018 budget allocating 3 percent to education. In November 2019, a plan to raise the fraction of the budget allocated to education to 20 percent was announced.

Ministers

In September 2019, 20 ministries were planned.
OfficeIncumbent WebsiteSinceLeft office
Prime MinisterAbdalla Hamdok21 August 201902 January 2022
Minister of Foreign AffairsAsma Mohamed Abdalla8 September 20199 July 2020
Minister of Foreign AffairsOmer Ismail9 July 20209 February 2021
Minister of Foreign AffairsMariam al-Mahdi9 February 2021
Minister of Finance and EconomyIbrahim Elbadawi 8 September 20199 July 2020
Minister of Finance and EconomyHiba Mohammed Ali9 July 20209 February 2021
Minister of Finance and EconomyGibril Ibrahim9 February 2021
Minister of HealthAkram Ali Altom 8 September 20199 July 2020
Minister of HealthSara Abdelazeem9 July 20209 February 2021
Minister of HealthOmar El Najeeb9 February 2021
Minister of EducationMohammed el-Amin el-Tom )8 September 2019
Minister of Industry and TradeMadani Abbas Madani8 September 20199 February 2021
Minister of Industry and TradeIbrahim El Sheikh9 February 2021
Minister of Energy and OilAdel Ibrahim 8 September 20199 July 2020
Minister of Energy and OilKhairy Abdel Rahman9 July 20209 February 2021
Minister of Energy and OilJaden Ali9 February 2021
Minister of Irrigation and Water ResourcesYasser Abbas Mohamed Ali8 September 2019
Minister of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesIssa Osman Sharif 8 September 20199 July 2020
Minister of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesAbdelgadir Turkawi9 July 20209 February 2021
Minister of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesTaher Harbi9 February 2021
Minister of Livestock and FisheriesAlam al-Din Abdallah Abashar 15 October 20199 July 2020
Minister of Livestock and FisheriesAdil Idris9 July 20209 February 2021
Minister of Livestock and FisheriesHafez Nabi9 February 2021
Minister of Infrastructure and TransportHashim Tahir Sheikh Taha 15 October 20199 July 2020
Minister of Infrastructure and TransportHashim Ibn Auf9 July 20209 February 2021
Minister of Infrastructure and TransportMirghani Mousa9 February 2021
Minister of Labour and Administrative ReformLena el-Sheikh Mahjoub8 September 20199 February 2021
Minister of Labour and Administrative ReformTaysir El Nourani9 February 2021
Minister of JusticeNasreldin Abdelbari 9 September 2019
Minister of Youth and SportsWala'a Essam al-Boushi8 September 20199 February 2021
Minister of Youth and SportsYousef El Dai9 February 2021
Minister of Cabinet AffairsOmar Munis 8 September 20199 February 2021
Minister of Cabinet AffairsKhaled Omar9 February 2021
Minister of Federal GovernmentYoussef Adam Aldai 8 September 20199 February 2021
Minister of Federal GovernmentButheina Dinar9 February 2021
Minister of Culture and InformationFaisal Mohamed Saleh8 September 20199 February 2021
Minister of Culture and InformationHamza Baloul9 February 2021
Minister of Higher EducationIntisar el-Zein Soughayroun8 September 2019
Minister of Religious AffairsNasr al-Din Mufreh 8 September 2019
Minister of DefenceJamal Aldin Omar 8 September 201925 March 2020
Minister of DefenceYassin Ibrahim Yassin2 June 2020
Minister of InteriorIdriss al-Traifi 8 September 20199 February 2021
Minister of InteriorEzzeldin El Sheikh9 February 2021
General Intelligence ServiceJamal Abdelmajeedhttps://twitter.com/GisGovSd16 January 2020
Minister of Communications and Digital TransformationHashem Hasabelrasoul9 February 2021
Minister of Investment and International CooperationMohamed Ibrahim9 February 2021
Minister of MiningMohamed Abunumou9 February 2021
Minister of Social DevelopmentMutasim Ahmed Saleh9 February 2021
Minister of TradeAli Jido9 February 2021