List of governors of pre-independence Sudan

Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (orange), 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 Sudan) responsible for the territory of the Egyptian Sudan and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, an area equivalent to modern-day Sudan and South Sudan.

List of Colonial Heads of Sudan

Tenure Incumbent Notes
Egyptian Sudan
November 1820 to 1821Isma'il, Supreme Commander
April 1821 to September 1824Muhammad Bey, Supreme Commander
September 1824 to May 1825Osman Bey, Supreme Commander
May 1825 to March 1826Mahu Bey Orfali, Supreme Commander
March 1826 to June 1838Ali Khurshid Pasha, HakimadarGovernor-General
June 1838 to 6 October 1843Ahmad Pasha abu Wadan, HakimadarGovernor-General
6 October 1843 to 1844..., HakimadarGovernor-General
1844 to 1845Ahmad Pasha al-Manikli, Commander
1845 to 1849Khalid Pasha (Husru Abu Amud), HakimadarGovernor-General
1849 to 1850..., HakimadarGovernor-General
1850 to January 1851Abd al-Latif Pasha, HakimadarGovernor-General
January 1851 to May 1852Rustum Pasha Cerkes, HakimadarGovernor-General
May 1852 to 1853Ismail Pasha Abu Jabal, HakimadarGovernor-General
1853 to 1854Salim Pasha Sayib, HakimadarGovernor-General
July 1854 to November 1854Ali Pasha Sirri Arnavut, HakimadarGovernor-General
November 1854 to 1855..., HakimadarGovernor-General
1855 to 1857Ali Pasha Jarkis, HakimadarGovernor-General
1857 to 1858Arakil Bey al-Armani Mudir'umum, acting Hakimadaracting Governor-General
1859 to 1861Hasan Bey Salamah, HakimadarGovernor-General
1861 to 1862Muhammad Bey Rasileh, HakimadarGovernor-General
1862 to 1865Musa Pasha Hamdi, HakimadarGovernor-General
1865 to November 1865Omar Bey Fahri, acting Hakimadaracting Governor-General
November 1865 to 1866Jaafar Pasha Sadiq, HakimadarGovernor-General
1866 to 5 February 1871Jaafar Pasha Mazhar, HakimadarGovernor-General
5 February 1871 to October 1872Ahmad Mumtaz Pasha, HakimadarGovernor-General
October 1872 to 1872Edhem Pasha al-Arifi at-Atqalawi, acting Hakimadaracting Governor-General
1872 to 18 May 1877Ismail Pasha Aiyub, HakimadarGovernor-General
May 1877 to December 1879Charles George Gordon (Gordon Pasha), HakimadarGovernor-General, 1st time
December 1879 to February 1882Mahummad Ra'uf Pasha, HakimadarGovernor-General
February 1882 to May 1882Muhammad Nadi Pasha, acting Hakimadaracting Governor-General
May 1882 to March 1883Abd al-Qadir Pasha Hailmi, HakimadarGovernor-General
March 1883 to 5 November 1883Ala ad-Din, HakimadarGovernor-General
5 November 1883 to February 1884William Hicks (Hicks Pasha), HakimadarGovernor-General
February 1884 to 18 February 1884Henry Watts Russell de Coetlogon, acting Hakimadaracting Governor-General
18 February 1884 to 26 January 1885Charles George Gordon (Gordon Pasha), HakimadarGovernor-General, 2nd time; Killed in the Battle of Khartoum
26 January 1885 to 2 October 1898Territory of Egyptian Sudan under complete control of Mahdiyah (Mahdist State)
Mahdist Sudan
29 June 1881 to 22 June 1885Muhammad Ahmad, MahdiSelf-proclaimed Mahdi, Islamic Messiah
22 June 1885 to 2 September 1898Abdallahi ibn Muhammad, KhalifaSelf-proclaimed Caliph, successor to Muhammad Ahmad; Defeated in the Battle of Omdurman
British Military Administration
2 September 1898 to 19 January 1899Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Military Governor
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (condominium)
19 January 1899 to 22 December 1899Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Governor-General
22 December 1899 to 31 December 1916Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, Governor-General
1 January 1917 to 20 November 1924Sir Lee Oliver Fitzmaurice Stack, Governor-GeneralAssassinated in Cairo
21 November 1924 to 5 January 1925Wasey Sterry, acting Governor-General
5 January 1925 to 6 July 1926Sir Geoffrey Francis Archer, Governor-General
31 October 1926 to 10 January 1934Sir John Loader Maffey, Governor-General
10 January 1934 to 19 October 1940Sir George Stewart Symes, Governor-General
19 October 1940 to 8 April 1947Sir Hubert Jervoise Huddleston, Governor-General
8 April 1947 to 29 March 1954Sir Robert George Howe, Governor-General
29 March 1954 to 12 December 1955Sir Alexander Knox Helm, Governor-General
1 January 1956Independence as Republic of the Sudan

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

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