Sovereignty Council, 1956-1958 Abdel Fattah Muhammad al-Maghrabi Muhammad Ahmad Yasin Ahmad Muhammad Salih Muhammad Othman al-Dardiri Siricio Iro Wani Presidents of Sudan, 1958-1964 Ibrahim Abboud: 18 November 1958 - 16 November 1964 Sirr al-Khatim al-Khalifah (acting): 16 November - 3 December 1964 Sovereignty Council, 1964-1965 Abdel Halim Muhammad Tijani al-Mahi Mubarak Shaddad Ibrahim Yusuf Sulayman Luigi Adwok Sovereignty Council, June-July 1965 Ismail al-Azhari Abdullah al-Fadil al-Mahdi Luigi Adwok Abdel Halim Muhammad Khidr Hamad Heads of State, 1965-1993 Ismail al-Azhari: 8 July 1965 - 25 May 1969 Gaafar Nimeiry: 25 May 1969 - 6 April 1985 Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab: 6 April 1985 - 6 May 1986 Ahmad al-Mirghani: 6 May 1986 - 30 June 1989 Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir: 30 June 1989 - 16 October 1993 Presidents, 1993-present Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir: 16 October 1993 -