CapitaleKhartoum Fête de l'Indépendance1 Janvier 1956 (from Egypt and UK) Fête nationaleJour De l'Indépendance, 1 Janvier (1956) Constitution12 Avril 1973, suspended following coup of 6 Avril 1985; interim constitution of 10 Octobre 1985 suspended following coup of 30 Juin 1989; new constitution implemented on 30 Juin 1998 partially suspended 12 Decembre 1999 by President BASHIR Suffrage - Age minimum de l'électeur17 ans; universal, but noncompulsory Pouvoir exécutifchef d'état (Président): Président Lt. Gen. Umar Hasan Ahmad al-BASHIR (depuis 16 October 1993); First Vice Président Ali Uthman Muhammad TAHA (depuis 17 February 1998), Second Vice Président Moses MACHAR (depuis 12 February 2001); note - the president is both the chef d'état (Président) and chef de gouvernement (1er ministre)
chef de gouvernement (1er ministre): Président Lt. Gen. Umar Hasan Ahmad al-BASHIR (depuis 16 October 1993); First Vice Président Ali Uthman Muhammad TAHA (depuis 17 February 1998), Second Vice Président Moses MACHAR (depuis 12 February 2001); note - the president is both the chef d'état (Président) and chef de gouvernement (1er ministre)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president; note - the National Congress Party or NCP (formerly the National Islamic Front or NIF) dominates BASHIR's cabinet
elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; election last held 13-23 December 2000 (next to be held NA 2005)
election results: Umar Hasan Ahmad al-BASHIR reelected president; percent of vote - Umar Hasan Ahmad al-BASHIR 86.5%, Ja'afar Muhammed NUMAYRI 9.6%, three other candidates received less than a combined 4% of the vote; election widely viewed as rigged; all popular opposition parties boycotted elections because of a lack of guarantees for a free and fair poll
note: BASHIR assumed supreme executive power in 1989 and retained it through several transitional governments in the early and mid-90s before being popularly elected for the first time in March 1996 |
