Mohamed al-Faki Suleiman (also ''Alfaki'', ''Elfaki'', ''El Faki''; born ; ) is a Sudanese politician who was the youngest member of the

Sovereignty Council of Sudan The eleven-member Sovereignty Council of Sudan ( ar, مجلس السيادة السوداني) was the collective head of state of Sudan from 20 August 2019, when it was created by the August 2019 Draft Constitutional Declaration, until 25 Octob ...

. Under Article 19 of the August 2019 Draft Constitutional Declaration, al-Faki, as is the case for the other members of the Sovereignty Council, is ineligible to run in the

election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...

scheduled to follow the 39-month transition to democracy period. The Sovereignty Council was later dissolved in October 2021 after a military coup lead by Abdelfattah El Burhan in the 25th of October 2021. Elfaki was arrested illegally for over 2 months without trial, following this coup.

Education

Al-Faki studied political science.

Journalism and political activism

Al-Faki published two novels and a political book, ''Challenges of Building the State of Sudan''.

Sudanese Revolution

According to ''

Radio Dabanga Radio Dabanga (Arabic: راديو دبنقا) is a shortwave radio station, TV and online news magazine, that serves Sudan with daily reports on the latest political, economic and social information, including health issues and social programs ...

'', al-Faki was active in the ''Unionist Association'' that was one of the founding coalitions that created the

Forces of Freedom and Change The Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC, also ''Alliance for Freedom and Change'', or AFC, and ''Declaration of Freedom and Change'', or DFC; ar, قوى إعلان الحرية والتغيير) is a wide political coalition of civilian and rebel ...

(FFC) alliance, the major civilian coordination body during the

Sudanese Revolution The Sudanese Revolution was a major shift of political power in Sudan that started with street protests throughout Sudan on 19 December 2018 and continued with sustained civil disobedience for about eight months, during which the 2019 Sudane ...

, in January 2019.

Sovereignty Council

On 21 August 2019, al-Faki became one of the civilian members of the joint civilian–military transitionary head of state of Sudan called the

. Al-Faki frequently acted as the Sovereignty Council's spokesperson. A week after the formal transfer of power from the Transitional Military Council to the Sovereignty Council, al-Faki commented on a controversy regarding facilities to be provided to the Sovereignty Council members. According to ''

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'', rumours circulated that council members "received Infiniti luxury cars and were offered by the presidential palace authorities to move to first-class hotels until their presidential residences were equipped", which was considered by Sudanese citizens to represent the lavishness of the Omar al-Bashir government. The presidency was estimated to own between 800 and 1000 luxury cars valued together at billion. Al-Faki responded to the rumour by stating that the cars "are the property of the state, and used in official ceremonies" and that they would not be used by the council members. ''

'' estimates the presidency budget for 2019 at twice the total budget for education and health. Al-Faki stated the appreciation by "the political class" of the criticism. On 10 October 2019, al-Faki announced the appointment of

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 ...

Chief Justice of Sudan 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 administeri ...

and

Tag el-Sir el-Hibir Tag el-Sir el-Hibir (also: ''Taj'', ''El Sir'', ''Alsir'', ''El Hibir'', ''Alhibir'', born in 1948) is a Sudanese lawyer who became the Attorney-General of Sudan on 10 October 2019 during the 2019 Sudanese transition to democracy. Childhood and ...

as Attorney-General.

Arrest and dissolution of Sovereignty Council

On 25 October 2021, Faki was confirmed to have been arrested following a military coup which overthrew the Sudanese government. The same day, the

which Faki served on would be dissolved as well. In April 2022, Mohamed el-Feki Suleiman was released by the Sudanese junta.

References

1970s births Living people Members of the Transitional Sovereignty Council Sudanese journalists Sudanese democracy activists {{Sudan-politician-stub