The Sudan: Heads of State: 1969-1986 Raʾīs Majlis Qiyādat al-Thawra (رئيس مجلس قيادة الثورة) | President of the Revolutionary Command Council 25 May 1969 - 19 Jul 1971 Jaʿfar Muḥammad al-Numayrī (جعفر محمد النميري) Nāʾib Raʾīs Majlis Qiyādat al-Thawra (نائب رئيس مجلس قيادة الثورة) | Vice-President of the Revolutionary Command Council 19 Jul 1971 - 22 Jul 1971 Ḥāshim al-ʿAṭāʾ (هاشم العطاء) [1] Raʾīs Majlis Qiyādat al-Thawra (رئيس مجلس قيادة الثورة) | President of the Revolutionary Command Council 22 Jul 1971 - 12 Oct 1971 Jaʿfar Muḥammad al-Numayrī (جعفر محمد النميري) (x) Raʾīs al-Jumhūriyya (رئيس الجمهورية) | President of the Republic 12 Oct 1971 - 6 Apr 1985 Jaʿfar Muḥammad al-Numayrī (x) al-Qāʾid al-ʿĀmm lil-Quwwāt al-Shaʿb al-Musallaḥa (القائد العام للقوات الشعب المسلحة) | Commander-in-Chief of the People's Armed Forces 6 Apr 1985 - 9 Apr 1985 ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Muḥammad Ḥasan Suwār al-Dhahab (عبد الرحمن محمد حسن سوار الذهب) Raʾīs al-Majlis al-ʿAskarī al-Intiqālī (رئيس المجلس العسكري الانتقالي) | President of the Transitional Military Council 9 Apr 1985 - 6 May 1986 ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Muḥammad Ḥasan Suwār al-Dhahab (عبد الرحمن محمد حسن سوار الذهب) (x) [1] Pending the taking office by President of the Revolutionary Command Council Bābikr al-Nūr ʿUthmān (بابكر النور عثمان) who stayed outside the national territory during his tenure. Last updated on: 19 Jan 2022 21:07:59