Transitional Military Council of Sudan

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The Transitional Military Council of Sudan was the short-lived military junta that governed Sudan following the 1985 overthrow of President Jaafar Nimeiry, overseeing the country’s transition toward civilian rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf collegial body
military junta
transitional government
appliesToJurisdiction Republic of the Sudan
cameToPowerBy military coup d’état
capital Khartoum
committedTo holding multi-party elections
constitutionalStatus suspended prior constitution and ruled by decree
country Sudan
coupOverthrew President Jaafar Nimeiry
linked to: Gaafar Nimeiry
duration about one year
endCause transfer of power to elected civilian government
endTime 1986
May 1986
executiveBranch Transitional Military Council itself
followedBy Sadiq al-Mahdi government
Transitional civilian government of Sudan (1985–1986)
follows Jaafar Nimeiry
May Regime
governmentType military-led transitional authority
hasChairperson Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab
hasGoal organizing democratic elections
transition to civilian rule
hasMember Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab
Fadlallah Burma Nasir
Omar al-Tayeb
other senior Sudanese military officers
hasPolicy dissolution of the ruling Sudanese Socialist Union
lifting of some political restrictions
suspension of the 1973 constitution
hasRole de facto government of Sudan
head of state of Sudan
headOfGovernment Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab
languageUsed Arabic
legislativeBody Transitional Military Council itself
locationOfFormation Khartoum
notableFor overseeing transition from Nimeiry’s authoritarian rule to elected civilian government
partOf Sudanese Revolution of 1985
Sudanese political history
precededBy Jaafar Nimeiry
May Regime
religionInGovernment Islam
replaces Jaafar Nimeiry government
Sudan under Nimeiry
presidency of Jaafar Nimeiry
significantEvent 1985 Sudanese coup d’état
startTime 1985
6 April 1985

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Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab headOfGovernment Transitional Military Council of Sudan
Abdalla Hamdok appointedBy Transitional Military Council (Sudan)
linked to: Transitional Military Council of Sudan
Abdul Rahman Suwar al-Dahab leaderOf Transitional Military Council of Sudan
1985 Sudanese coup d'état followedBy Transitional Military Council (Sudan, 1985–1986)
linked to: Transitional Military Council of Sudan
Abdalla Hamdok appointedBy Transitional Military Council of Sudan
subject linked to: Hamdok
Abd al-Rahman Siwar al-Dhahab leaderOf Transitional Military Council of Sudan