Briefing: The politics of Sudan was first in the framework of a federal presidential representative democratic republic where the President of Sudan was in control of most of the decisions solely. However, during a military coup in 1989(the Second Sudanese Civil War, 1983–2005), Omar al-Bashir successfully seized the power and a new ruling government called National Congress Party (NCP) was created. In 1993, Sudan was transformed into an Islamic authoritarian single-party state as al-Bashir abolished the Revolutionary Command Council and created the National Islamic Front (NIF). The structure of regional administration was replaced by the creation of twenty-six states, each headed by a governor, thus making Sudan a federal republic.
Legal system:
Mixed legal system of Islamic law and English common law Suffrage: 17 years of age; universal Chief of state: President Umar Hassan Ahmad al-BASHIR (since 16 October 1993) First Vice President BAKRI Hassan Salih Second Vice President Hasabu Mohamed ABDEL RAHMIN (both since 3 December 2013) Note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government |
Legislative branch:
Bicameral National Legislature consists of a Council of States (50 seats; members indirectly elected by state legislatures to serve six-year terms) and a National Assembly (450 seats; 60% from geographic constituencies, 25% from a women's list, and 15% from party lists; members to serve six-year terms) Highest court(s): National Supreme Court (consists of 70 judges organized into panels of 3 judges; court includes 4 circuits that operate outside the capital) Constitutional Court (consists of 9 justices including the court president) Note - the Constitutional Court resides outside the national judiciary |
Except the briefing part, all work cited from the CIA WORLD FACTBOOK.