National Legislature (Sudan)

National Legislature of Sudan
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Council of States (upper house) National Assembly (lower house)
Leadership
Speaker (Assembly)	Vacant since 11 April 2019
Speaker (Council of States)	Vacant since 11 April 2019
Seats	32 + 426
Elections
Last National Assembly election	2015 Sudanese general election
Meeting place
Omdurman, Sudan
Website
http://www.parliament.gov.sd

Politics of Sudan
Member State of the Arab League
Constitution 1956 Transitional Constitution 1973 Constitution 4 August 2019 Draft Constitutional Declaration
Executive Presidency Transitional Sovereignty Council Chairman: Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Deputy Chairman: Malik Agar Prime Minister Osman Hussein (acting) Cabinet
Legislature Transitional Legislative Council
Judiciary Constitutional Court Supreme Court Chief Justice Nemat Abdullah Khair Court of Cassation Public Court District Courts Town and rural courts
Administrative divisions States Governors Abyei Area Interim Security Force (UNISFA) Regions Darfur Regional Government Eastern Sudan States Coordinating Council Districts
Elections Recent elections General: 2010 2015 next Political parties
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Ali Al-Sadiq Ali Diplomatic missions of / in Sudan Passport Visa requirements Visa policy Foreign aid
Related topics United Nations (UN) in Sudan Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) African Union and UN in Sudan Darfur operation (UNAMID) Human rights ICC investigation Khartoum massacre investigation National Human Rights Commission
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The National Legislature (Arabic: المجلس التشريعي السوداني, Al-Maǧlis al-Ttašriyʿiy) is the legislative branch of the government of the Republic of the Sudan.

Prior to the 2019 coup d'état, the National Legislature was composed of two chambers:

• The Council of States (المجلس الولايات السوداني, Al-Maǧlis al-Wilāyāt) had 50 members who are indirectly elected by state legislatures.
• The National Assembly (المجلس الوطني السوداني, Al-Maǧlis al-Waṭaniy) had 450 directly elected members.

The National Legislature was dissolved on 11 April 2019 following the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir and his National Congress Party in a military coup.^[1]

As part of the 2019 Sudanese transition to democracy, a Transitional Legislative Council is to be formed which will function as the legislature of Sudan until elections scheduled for 2022.^[2]