First Lt. General Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan Abdelrahman Al-Burhan: Head of state, Sudan
First Lt. General Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan Abdelrahman Al-Burhan is the head of state of Sudan, listed by the United Nations as “President of the Transitional Sovereign Council of the Republic of the Sudan”.
Posts held
- President of the Transitional Sovereign Council of the Republic of the Sudan (head of state), Sudan. Part of level 6: National government.
Source: Heads of State, Heads of Government, Ministers for Foreign Affairs: Public List (United Nations Protocol and Liaison Service), list dated 15 October 2026, read 20 October 2026.
Where First Lt. General Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan Abdelrahman Al-Burhan sits in the ladder of power
As head of state, First Lt. General Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan Abdelrahman Al-Burhan works at level 6: National government, above the regions, states and councils of Sudan (regions, cities).
Above that, Sudan is a member of:
- African Union level 7
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) level 8
- International Monetary Fund level 9
- World Bank Group level 9
Who else holds power in Sudan
- Kamil El-Tayeb Idris Transitional Prime Minister of the Republic of the Sudan, Sudan
- Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Sudan, Sudan
Where these facts come from
Every post above is copied from an official record, linked beside it with the date it was read. The UN Protocol and Liaison Service publishes the list governments give it of their head of state, head of government and foreign minister. Names are as the source prints them, without honorifics. How this site is made.
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