<item><hi format=bold>Type:</hi> ruling military junta—Revolutionary Command Council—dissolved on 16 October 1993 and government civilianized
<item><hi format=bold>Capital:</hi> Khartoum
<item><hi format=bold>Administrative divisions:</hi> 9 states (wilayat, singular—wilayat or wilayah*); A'ali an Nil, Al Wusta*, Al Istiwa'iyah*, Al Khartum, Ash Shamaliyah*, Ash Sharqiyah*, Bahr al Ghazal, Darfur, Kurdufan
<item><hi format=bold>Independence:</hi> 1 January 1956 (from Egypt and UK)
<item><hi format=bold>National holiday:</hi> Independence Day, 1 January (1956)
<item><hi format=bold>Constitution:</hi> 12 April 1973, suspended following coup of 6 April 1985; interim constitution of 10 October 1985 suspended following coup of 30 June 1989
<item><hi format=bold>Legal system:</hi> based on English common law and Islamic law; as of 20 January 1991, the now defunct Revolutionary Command Council imposed Islamic law in the northern states; the council is still studying criminal provisions under Islamic law; Islamic law applies to all residents of the six northern states regardless of their religion; some separate religious courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
<item><hi format=bold>Suffrage:</hi> none
<item><hi format=bold>Executive branch:</hi>
<item><hi format=bold>Chief of State and Head of Government:</hi> President Lt. General Umar Hasan Ahmad al-BASHIR (since 16 October 1993); prior to 16 October 1993, BASHIR served concurrently as Chief of State, Chairman of the RCC, Prime Minister, and Minister of Defence (since 30 June 1989); Vice President Major General al-Zubayr Muhammad SALIH (since 19 October 1993); note—upon its dissolution on 16 October 1993, the RCC's executive and legislative powers were devolved to the President and the Transitional National Assembly (TNA), Sudan's appointed legislative body
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<item>• <hi format=ital>cabinet:</hi> Cabinet; appointed by the president; note—on 30 October 1993 President BASHIR announced a new, predominantly civilian cabinet, consisting of 20 federal ministers, most of whom retained their previous cabinet positions
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> Lt. Gen. BASHIR's government is dominated by members of Sudan's National Islamic Front, a fundamentalist political organization formed from the Muslim Brotherhood in 1986; front leader Hasan al-TURABI controls Khartoum's overall domestic and foreign policies
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<item><hi format=bold>Legislative branch:</hi> appointed 300-member Transitional National Assembly; officially assumes all legislative authority for Sudan until the eventual, unspecified resumption of national elections
<item><hi format=bold>Judicial branch:</hi> Supreme Court, Special Revolutionary Courts
<item><hi format=bold>Political parties and leaders:</hi> none; banned following 30 June 1989 coup
<item><hi format=bold>Other political or pressure groups:</hi> National Islamic Front, Hasan al-TURABI