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Sudan

System of governmentFederal provisional government
V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index0.17/1
Head of State (Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council)Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (independent)
Head of Government (PM)Osman Hussein (independent)
Parties in GovernmentNon-partisan

Transitional Sovereignty Council

Parties

حزب الأمة القومي
ḥizb al-umma al-qawmi
National Umma Party (NUP)

Leader: فضل الله برمة ناصر (Fadlallah Burma Nasir)
Orientation: Centre
Ideology: Sudanese nationalism, Islamic democracy
Stance towards the junta: Opposition
National affiliation: National Consensus Forces (centre-left to centre)
International affiliation: N/A

الحزب الإتحادي الديموقراطي
al-ḥizb al-ittiḥādi ad-dīmuqrāṭi
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)

Leader: محمد عثمان الميرغني (Mohamed Osman al-Mirghani)
Orientation: Centre-right
Ideology: Liberal conservatism, Sudanese nationalism, secularism
Stance towards the junta: Mixed
International affiliation: N/A

حزب المؤتمر السوداني
ḥizb al-muʿtamar as-sudāni
Sudanese Congress Party (SCoP)

Leader: عمر يوسف الدقير (Omer Yousif Eldigair)
Orientation: Centre-left
Ideology: Social democracy, secularism
Stance towards the junta: Opposition
National affiliation: National Consensus Forces (centre-left to centre)
International affiliation: N/A

حركة الشعبية لتحرير السودان – الشمال / الجبهة الثورية
al-ḥaraka aš-šaʿbīya li taḥrīr as-sudān – aš-šamāl / al-jabha aṯ-ṯawrīya
Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – North / Revolutionary Front (SPLM-N/RF)

Leader: مالك عقار (Malik Agar)
Orientation: Centre-left
Ideology: Social democracy, secularism
Stance towards the junta: Support
International affiliation: N/A

حركة الشعبية لتحرير السودان – التيار الثوري الديموقراطي
al-ḥaraka aš-šaʿbīya li taḥrīr as-sudān – at-tayār aṯ-ṯawri ad-dīmuqrāṭi
Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – Democratic Revolutionary Current (SPLM-DRC)

Leader: ياسر عرمان (Yasir Arman)
Orientation: Centre-left
Ideology: Social democracy, secularism
Stance towards the junta: Opposition
National affiliation: National Consensus Forces (centre-left to centre)
International affiliation: N/A

حزب المؤتمر الشعبي
ḥizb al-muʿtamar aš-šaʿbi
Popular Congress Party (PCP)

Leader: إبراهيم السنوسي (Ibrahim El Sanousi)
Orientation: Islamist
Ideology: Islamism, Sudanese nationalism
Stance towards the junta: Opposition
International affiliation: N/A

الحزب الشيوعي السوداني
al-ḥizb aš-šayyūʿi as-sudāni
Sudanese Communist Party (SCP)

Leader: محمد مختار الخطيب (Muhammad Mukhtar al-Khatib)
Orientation: Left-wing
Ideology: Communism, Marxism-Leninism, anti-imperialism
Stance towards the junta: Opposition
National affiliation: Alliance of Forces for Radical Change (*)
International affiliation: International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties

حزب قوى التغيير والإصلاح القومي
ḥizb qiwa at-taġyīr wal-iṣlāḥ al-qawmi
Forces of Change and National Reformation Party (FCNRP)

Leader: المغيرة فضل الله السيد (Al Mageera Fadlallah Saed)
Orientation: Centre
Ideology: Secularism, federalism
Stance towards the junta: Opposition
International affiliation: N/A

حزب الإصلاح الآن
ḥizb al-iṣlāḥ alʿān
Reform Now Party (RNP)

Leader: غازي صلاح الدين العتباني (Ghazi Salahuddin Atabani)
Orientation: Islamist
Ideology: Islamism
Stance towards the junta: Opposition
International affiliation: N/A

الحزب الجمهوري
al-ḥizb al-jumhūri
Republican Party (RP)

Leader: أسماء محمود محمد طه (Asma Mahmoud Mohamed Taha)
Orientation: Centre-left
Ideology: Islamic socialism, secularism, anti-Islamism, Sufism
Stance towards the junta: Opposition
International affiliation: N/A

حزب البعث السوداني
ḥizb al-baʿṯ as-sudāni
Sudanese Ba’ath Party (SBP)

Leader: محمد علي جادين (Mohamed Ali Jadein)
Orientation: *
Ideology: Ba’athism, pan-Arabism
Stance towards the junta: Opposition
National affiliation: National Consensus Forces (centre-left to centre)
International affiliation: N/A

حزب وحدة وادي النيل
ḥizb wihdat wādi an-nīl
Nile Valley Unity Party (NVUP)

Leader: عبد الحكيم محمد عثمان راضي (Abdel Hakim Mohammed Osman Radi)
Orientation: Egypt-Sudan federalism
Ideology: Egypt-Sudan federalism
Stance towards the junta: Opposition
International affiliation: N/A

الحزب الليبرالي
al-ḥizb al-lībirāli
Liberal Party (LP)

Leader: ابراهيم النجيب (Ibrahim Nageeb)
Orientation: Liberal
Ideology: Social liberalism, liberalism, federalism
Stance towards the junta: Opposition
International affiliation: Alliance of Democrats, Africa Liberal Network, Arab Liberal Federation

حزب بناء السودان
ḥizb bināʾ as-sudān
Binaa Sudan Party (BSP)

Leader: وائل عمر عابدين (Wael Omer Abdin)
Orientation: Centre
Ideology: Transpartisanism
Stance towards the junta: Opposition
National affiliation: Sudanese Professionals Association (*)
International affiliation: N/A