Capitalnombre: Khartoum
coordenadas geográficas: 15 36 N, 32 32 E
diferencia de tiempo: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) Independencia1 Enero 1956 (from Egypt and UK) Feriado nacionalDía de la Independencia, 1 Enero (1956) Constituciónconstitution implemented on 30 Junio 1998, partially suspended 12 Diciembre 1999 by President BASHIR; under the CPA, Interim National Constitution ratificada 5 Julio 2005; Constitution of Southern Sudan signed Diciembre 2005 Sufragio17 años de edad; universal Poder Executivojefe de estado: Presidente Umar Hassan Ahmad al-BASHIR (desde 16 October 1993); First Vice Presidente Salva KIIR (desde 4 August 2005), Vice Presidente Ali Osman TAHA (desde 20 September 2005); note - the president is both the jefe de estado and jefe de gobierno
jefe de gobierno: Presidente Umar Hassan Ahmad al-BASHIR (desde 16 October 1993); First Vice Presidente Salva KIIR (desde 4 August 2005), Vice Presidente Ali Osman TAHA (desde 20 September 2005)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president; note - the National Congress Party or NCP (formerly the National Islamic Front or NIF) dominates al-BASHIR's cabinet
elections: election last held 13-23 December 2000; next to be held no later than July 2009 under terms of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement
election results: Umar Hassan Ahmad al-BASHIR reelected president; percent of vote - Umar Hassan Ahmad al-BASHIR 86.5%, Ja'afar Muhammed NUMAYRI 9.6%, three other candidates received a combined vote of 3.9%; election widely viewed as rigged; all popular opposition parties boycotted elections because of a lack of guarantees for a free and fair election
note: al-BASHIR assumed power as chairman of Sudan's Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation (RCC) in June 1989 and served concurrently as jefe de estado, chairman of the RCC, prime minister, and minister of defense until mid-October 1993 when he was appointed president by the RCC; he was elected president by popular vote for the first time in March 1996 |
