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
Nemat Abdullah Mohamed Khair ( ar, نعمات عبدالله محمد خير; other transliterations: ''Neemat'', ''Nimat'', ''Abdallah''; born 1957) is a Sudanese judge of the Sudanese Supreme Court who became Chief Justice of Sudan (head of ...
, 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
See also
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History of Sudan
The history of Sudan refers to both the territory of the Republic of the Sudan, including what became in 2011 the independent state of South Sudan. The territory of Sudan is geographically part of a larger African region, also known by the te ...
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The ''Sudan Tribune'' is an electronic news portal
A web portal is a specially designed website that brings information from diverse sources, like emails, online forums and search engines, together in a uniform way. Usually, each information ...
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[{{cite web , title =Handover of the COMESA Court of Justice facilities – Khartoum, Sudan 26th June 2014 , website= ]COMESA
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a regional economic community in Africa with twenty-one member states stretching from Tunisia to Eswatini. COMESA was formed in December 1994, replacing a Preferential Trade Area wh ...
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Lists of judges