| Tenure |
Portrait |
Incumbent |
Affiliation |
Notes |
| Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Condominium) |
| 22 October 1952 to November 1953 |
|
Abd-el-Rahman el-Mahdi, Chief Minister |
UMMA |
Son of Muhammad Ahmad |
| 6 January 1954 to 1 January 1956 |
 |
Ismail al-Azhari, Chief Minister |
NUP |
|
| Republic of Sudan |
| 1 January 1956 to 5 July 1956 |
|
Ismail al-Azhari, Prime Minister |
NUP |
|
| 5 July 1956 to 17 November 1958 |
|
Abdallah Khalil, Prime Minister |
UMMA |
Carried out a self-coup against his own government |
| 18 November 1958 to 30 October 1964 |
|
Ibrahim Abboud, Prime Minister |
Mil |
|
| 30 October 1964 to 2 June 1965 |
 |
Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa, Prime Minister |
UNF |
|
| 10 June 1965 to 25 July 1966 |
|
Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub, Prime Minister |
UMMA |
1st Term |
| 27 July 1966 to 18 May 1967 |
|
Sadiq al-Mahdi, Prime Minister |
UMMA |
1st Term |
| 18 May 1967 to 25 May 1969 |
|
Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub, Prime Minister |
UMMA |
2nd Term; Deposed in a coup d'état |
| Democratic Republic of Sudan |
| 25 May 1969 to 27 October 1969 |
|
Babiker Awadalla, Prime Minister |
n-p |
|
| 28 October 1969 to 12 October 1971 |
 |
Gaafar Nimeiry, Prime Minister |
Mil |
1st Term; Briefly interrupted during the 19-22 July 1971 coup d'état |
| 12 October 1971 to 11 August 1976 |
SSU |
|
| 11 August 1976 to 10 September 1977 |
 |
Rashid Bakr, Prime Minister |
SSU |
|
| 10 September 1977 to 6 April 1985 |
|
Gaafar Nimeiry, Prime Minister |
SSU |
2nd Term; Deposed in a coup d'état |
| 22 April 1985 to 15 December 1985 |
|
Al-Jazuli Daf'allah, Prime Minister |
n-p |
|
| Republic of Sudan |
| 15 December 1985 to 6 May 1986 |
|
Al-Jazuli Daf'allah, Prime Minister |
n-p |
|
| 6 May 1986 to 30 June 1989 |
|
Sadiq al-Mahdi, Prime Minister |
UMMA |
2nd Term; Deposed in a coup d'état |
| 30 June 1989 to Present |
Post Abolished |
