List of governors of pre-independence Sudan

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A map of Egypt under the Muhammad Ali dynasty; it shows military campaigns of Muhammad Ali of Egypt, including the Turco-Egyptian conquest of Sudan (light green).
A map of Mahdist State (green) in 1894, on the ewe of the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan.
A map of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (orange) in 1912.
Standard of the Governor-General of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

This is a list of Egyptian and European colonial administrators (as well as leaders of the Mahdist State) responsible for the territory of the Turkish Sudan and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, an area equivalent to modern-day Sudan and South Sudan.

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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Portrait Incumbent Notes
Turkish Sudan
November 1820 to 1821 ,
Commander
April 1821 to September 1824 Muhammad Bey Defterdar,
Commander
September 1824 to May 1825 ,
Commander
May 1825 to March 1826 Mahu Bey Urfali,
Commander
March 1826 to 1835 ,
Governor
1835 to June 1838 ,
Hakimdar		 Governor-General
June 1838 to 6 October 1843 ,
Hakimdar		 Governor-General
1843 to 1845 (Manliki),
Hakimdar		 Governor-General
1845 to 1850 ,
Hakimdar		 Governor-General
1850 to January 1851 ,
Hakimdar		 Governor-General
January 1851 to May 1852 ,
Hakimdar		 Governor-General
May 1852 to 1853 ,
Hakimdar		 Governor-General
1853 to 1854 ,
Hakimdar		 Governor-General
July 1854 to November 1854 ,
Hakimdar		 Governor-General
1854 to 1855 ,
Governor
1856 to 1858 ,
Governor
1859 to 1861 ,
Governor
1861 to 1862 ,
Governor
1862 to 1865 Mūsā Pasha Ḥamdī,
Hakimdar		 Governor-General
1865 to November 1865 ,
acting Hakimdar		 acting Governor-General
November 1865 to 1866 ,
Hakimdar		 Governor-General
1866 to 5 February 1871 ,
Hakimdar		 Governor-General
5 February 1871 to October 1872 ,
Hakimdar		 Governor-General
October 1872 to 1872 ,
acting Hakimdar		 acting Governor-General
1872 to 18 May 1877 ,
Hakimdar		 Governor-General
May 1877 to December 1879 Charles Gordon Pasha.jpg Charles George Gordon ("Gordon Pasha"),
Hakimdar		 Governor-General, 1st time
December 1879 to February 1882 Muhammad Rauf Pasha,
Hakimdar		 Governor-General
4 March 1882 to 11 May 1882 CarlChristianGiegler.jpg Carl Christian Giegler ("Giegler Pasha"),
acting Hakimdar		 acting Governor-General
May 1882 to March 1883 ,
Hakimdar		 Governor-General
March 1883 to 5 November 1883 ,
Hakimdar		 Governor-General
February 1884 to 18 February 1884 ,
acting Hakimdar		 acting Governor-General
18 February 1884 to 26 January 1885 Charles Gordon Pasha.jpg Charles George Gordon ("Gordon Pasha"),
Hakimdar		 Governor-General, 2nd time; Killed at the end of the Siege of Khartoum
26 January 1885 to 2 October 1898 Territory of Turkish Sudan under complete control of Mahdiyah (Mahdist State)
Mahdist State
29 June 1881 to 22 June 1885 Muhammad Ahmad.jpg Muhammad Ahmad,
Mahdi		 Self-proclaimed Mahdi, Islamic Messiah
22 June 1885 to 2 September 1898 Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, 1846-1899.jpg Abdallahi ibn Muhammad,
Khalifa		 Self-proclaimed Caliph, successor to Muhammad Ahmad; Defeated in the Battle of Omdurman, and later killed in the Battle of Umm Diwaykarat
British Military Administration
2 September 1898 to 19 January 1899 Horatio Herbert Kitchener (cropped).jpg Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener,
Military Governor		 Simultaneously served as Sirdar
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (condominium)
19 January 1899 to 22 December 1899 Horatio Herbert Kitchener (cropped).jpg Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener,
Governor-General		 Simultaneously served as Sirdar
22 December 1899 to 31 December 1916 ReginaldWingate.jpg Sir Francis Reginald Wingate,
Governor-General		 Simultaneously served as Sirdar
1 January 1917 to 20 November 1924 Sir Lee Oliver Fitzmaurice Stack,
Governor-General		 Simultaneously served as Sirdar; assassinated in Cairo[1]
21 November 1924 to 5 January 1925  [ca],
acting Governor-General
5 January 1925 to 6 July 1926 Sir Geoffrey Francis Archer,
Governor-General		 The first civilian Governor-General[2]
31 October 1926 to 10 January 1934 John Loader Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby by Philip Alexius de László.jpg Sir John Loader Maffey,
Governor-General
10 January 1934 to 19 October 1940 Sir George Stewart Symes.png Sir George Stewart Symes,
Governor-General
19 October 1940 to 8 April 1947 Sir Hubert Jervoise Huddleston,
Governor-General
8 April 1947 to 29 March 1954 Sir Robert George Howe,
Governor-General
29 March 1954 to 12 December 1955 Knox Helm.jpg Sir Alexander Knox Helm,
Governor-General
12 December 1955 to 1 January 1956 ,
acting Governor-General		 Chief Justice of Sudan
1 January 1956 Independence as Republic of the Sudan

For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of Sudan

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References[]

  1. ^ "The Assassination of Sir Lee Stack". The Townsville Daily Bulletin. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  2. ^ Ibrahim, Hassan Ahmed (2004). Sayyid ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Mahdī: a study of neo-Mahdīsm in the Sudan, 1899–1956. BRILL. p. 92. ISBN 90-04-13854-4.

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