President Omar al Bashir appointed new ministers, governors and ministers of state over the weekend. The reshuffle saw the return of many of the same federal ministers but also the transfer or removal of most of the state governors.

The governors and ministers took the oath of office on Sunday at the Republican Palace in Khartoum.

A number of the appointed governors had already been serving as governors in other states and have been transferred under a new deliberate policy of governing states with governors that do not hail from the state to which they are appointed.

Governors

Khartoum State - Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein, outgoing defense minister

White Nile - Abdul Hamid Musa Kasha, former East Darfur governor

Red Sea – Ali Hamid

Gezira - Mohammed Tahir Aila

Gedaref - Mirghani Saleh Sid-Ahmed

Kassala - Adam Gima’a Adam

Blue Nile - Hussein Yassin Hamad, incumbent/reappointed

River Nile - Mohammed Hameed al Balla, former parliament media committee chairman

Northern State - Ali al Awad Mohamed Musa

North Kordofan - Ahmad Mohamed Haroun, incumbent/reappointed

South Kordofan - Issa Adam Abbakar, former South Darfur minister and gubernatorial candidate

West Kordofan – Abul Gasim al Amin Baraka, former West Darfur deputy governor

North Darfur - Abdel-Wahid Youssef Ibrahim, former national roads minister

South Darfur - Adam al Feki Mohamed al Tayeb, transferred from South Kordofan

West Darfur - Khalil Abdallah Mohamed Ali, former state minister of guidance

Central Darfur - Ja’afar Abdul-Hakam, former head of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority

East Darfur - Anas Omar Mohamed Fadl-Mula

Sennar - Al-Daw Ahmed Al-Mahi, former Gedaref governor

Notably absent from the list of reappointed governors was Osman Kibir, the longtime governor of North Darfur.

 

Presidential aides

First Presidential Assistant - Mohamed Al Hassan Mohamed Uthman Al Mirghani

Presidential Assistants - Ibrahim Mohamed Hamed (former agriculture minister), Musa Mohamed Ahmed (reappointed), Jalal Yusif Al Digair (reappointed), Abdelrahman Al Sadig Al Mahdi (reappointed)

 

Ministers

Presidential Affairs - Salah-eddin Wansi (incumbent/reappointed)

Foreign Affairs - Ibrahim Ghandour, former presidential assistant

Cabinet Affairs - Ahmed Saad Omar (incumbent/reappointed)

Petroleum and Gas - Mohamed Zayed Awad 

Finance and Economic Planning - Badr al-Din Mahmoud Abbas (incumbent/reappointed)

Interior - Lt Gen Ismat Abdul-Rahman Zain al-Abdeen (incumbent/reappointed)

Justice - Awad al-Hassan al-Nur

Defense (acting) - Lt Gen Mustafa Osman al Obeid

Federal Government Chamber - Faisal Hassan Ibrahim (incumbent/reappointed)

Information - Ahmed Bilal Osman (incumbent/reappointed)

Agriculture and Forestry - Ibrahim Adam Ahmed Al-Dekhairi

Industry - Mohammed Yousif Ali Yousif

Water Resources, Irrigation and Electricity - Mutaz Musa Abdalla Salem (incumbent/reappointed)

Animal Resources - Musa Tibin Musa

Investment - Modathir Abdul-Ghani Abdul-Rahman 

Roads, Transport and Bridges - Makkawi Mohammed Awad (moved from petroleum ministry)

Minerals - Sadiq Ahmed Al-Karuri (incumbent/reappointed)

Trade - Mansour Yousif Al-Agab

International Cooperation - Al-Fatih Ali Sidiq

Environment, Natural Resources & Urban Development - Hassan Abdul-Gadir Hilal (incumbent/reappointed)

Tourism, Antiquities and Wildlife - Mohammed Abu Zaid Mustafa (incumbent/reappointed)

Education - Suad Abdul-Raziq (incumbent/reappointed)

Higher Education and Scientific Research - Sumayah Abu Kashawa (incumbent/reappointed)

Culture - Al-Tayeb Hassan Badawi (incumbent/reappointed)

Guidance and Endowments - Al-Fatih Taj al-Sir (incumbent/reappointed)

Social Welfare and Insurance - Mashayer Ahmed al-Dawalab (incumbent/reappointed)

Health - Bahar Idris Abu Garda (incumbent/reappointed)

Labor and Administrative Reform - Ahmed Babikir Nahar (incumbent/reappointed)

Human Resources Development - Al-Sadiq Al-Hadi Abdul-Rahman Al-Mahdi

Youth and Sport - Haider Galakumah (moved from West Darfur governor)

Communications and Information Technology - Tahani Abdalla Attia (incumbent/reappointed)

Notably absent from the list of reappointed ministers were the former Justice Minister Mohamed Boshara Dosa and the outgoing Foreign Minister Ali Karti, neither of whom was given a new ministerial assignment.

 

Ministers of State

Presidency Affairs Ministry: Fadul Abdalla Fadul and Al-Rashid Haroun Ahmed

Council of Ministers: Jamal Mahmoud Ibrahim, Tariq Tawfiq, Ahmed Fadul Mohamed Suleiman

Federal Government Bureau: Mohamed Ahmed Ali Ajaballa

Ministry of Interior: Babiker Ahmed Al-Amin Digna

Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Kamal-Eddin Ismail and Obeidalla Mohamed Obeidalla.

Ministry of Justice: Ahmed Abu-Zaid

Ministry of Information: Yasser Yousif

Ministry of Finance: Abdul-Rahman Mohamed Dirar and Majdi Hassan Yassin

Ministry of Agriculture and Forests: Sabri Al-Daw Bakhit Ahmed

Ministry of Industry: Abdu Daoud Suleiman

Ministry of Water Resources, Irrigation and Electricity: Mohamed Ahmed Abdul-Bagi Siraj and Thabita Boutros.

Ministry of Animal Resources: Mabrouk Mubarak Saleem and Jaafar Ahmed Abdalla

Ministry of Investment: Usama Faisal Al-Sayed Ali

Ministry of Transport, Roads and Bridges: Hamid Wakeel and Siraj-Eddin Ali Hamid

Ministry of Minerals: Osahik Mohamed Ahmed Tahir

Ministry of Trade: Al-Saddiq Mohamed Ali Hassaballa

Ministry of International Cooperation: Kamal-Eddin Hassan Ali

Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Physical Planning: Ali Musa Tawer

Tourism, Antiquities and Wlidlife: Adel Hamid Daglo Musa

Ministry of Education: Abdul-Hafiz Al-Saddiq

Ministry of Higher Education: Al Tigani Mustafa

Ministry of Culture: Mustafa Mohamed Tirab

Ministry of Guidance and Endowments: Nizar Al-Jaili Abdul-Bagi Al-Mukashfi.

Ministry of Social Welfare: Ibrahim Adam Ibrahim.

Ministry of Health: Sumaya Idris Osman

Ministry of Labor: Kahlid Hassan Ibrahim Al-Tayeb

Ministry of Human Resources: Adam Abdalla Al-Nour Mohamed

Ministry of Communications and Information Technology: Al-Saddiq Fadlalla Sabah Al-Khair