The chief justice of Sudan is the head of the Judiciary of Sudan. Under Article 29.(3) of the August 2019 Draft Constitutional Declaration, the chief justice is also the president of the Supreme Court of Sudan and is "responsible for administering the judicial authority before the Supreme Judicial Council."
Nemat Abdullah Khair, the current chief justice, was claimed by Sudan Daily and Khartoum Star as being appointed as the first female chief justice of Sudan in late August 2019. On 12 September 2019, two thousand protestors called for Abdelgadir Mohamed Ahmed to be appointed Chief Justice instead. Khair was formally appointed as Chief Justice of Sudan by decree on 10 October 2019.
List of chief justices
Chief Justices
- 1903–1917 Wasey Sterry (until 1915 Chief Judge)
- 1917–1925 Robert Hay Dun
- 1925–1930 Sir Bernard Humphrey Bell
- 1930–1936 Howell Owen
- 1936–1942 Thomas Percival Creed
- 1942–1944 Sir Hubert Flaxman
- 1944–1946 Cecil Harry Andrew Bennett
- 1946–1948 Sir Charles Cecil George Cumings
- 1947–1950 Thomas Arthur Maclagan
- 1950–1955 William O'Brien Lindsay
- 1956–1964 Mohamed Ahmed Abu Rannat
See also
- History of Sudan
References
