| chef d'état (Président): Président Lt. Gen. Umar Hassan 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 al-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) election results: Lt. Gen. 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 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: Lt. Gen. al-BASHIR assumed supreme executive power in 1989 and retained it through several transitional governments in the early and mid-1990s before being popularly elected for the first time in March 1996 |
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Source: CIA World Factbook |
