List of governors of pre-independence Sudan
Introduction Egypt under the Muhammad Ali dynasty; it shows military campaigns of Muhammad Ali Pasha, including the Turco-Egyptian conquest of Sudan (''light green'').A map of Mahdist State (''green'') in 1894, on the eve 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 SudanThe '''governors of pre-independence Sudan''' were the colonial administrators responsible for the territory of Turco-Egyptian Sudan and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, an area equivalent to modern-day Sudan and South Sudan.
List (Dates in italics indicate ''de facto'' continuation of office) TenurePortrait Incumbent Notes'''Turco-Egyptian Sudan'''November 1820 to 1821 '''Isma`il Kamel Pasha''', CommanderApril 1821 to September 1824 '''Muhammad Bey Defterdar''', CommanderSeptember 1824 to May 1825 '''Osman Bey Jarkas''', CommanderMay 1825 to March 1826 '''Mahu Bey Urfali''', CommanderMarch 1826 to ''1835'' '''Ali Khurshid Agha''', Governor''1835'' to June 1838'''Ali Khurshid Pasha''', HakimdarGovernor-GeneralJune 1838 to 6 October 1843 '''Ahmad Pasha abu Widan''', HakimdarGovernor-General1843 to 1845 '''Ahmad Pasha Manikli''' (Manliki), HakimdarGovernor-General1845 to 1850 '''Khalid Khusraw Pasha''', HakimdarGovernor-General1850 to January 1851 ''''Abd al-Latif Pasha''', HakimdarGovernor-GeneralJanuary 1851 to May 1852 '''Rustum Pasha Jarkas''', HakimdarGovernor-GeneralMay 1852 to 1853 '''Isma'il Haqqi Pasha abu Jabal''', HakimdarGovernor-General1853 to 1854 '''Salim Pasha Sa'ib al-Jaza'irli''', HakimdarGovernor-GeneralJuly 1854 to November 1854 '''Ali Pasha Sirri al-Arna'ut''', HakimdarGovernor-General1854 to 1855 '''Ali Pasha Jarkas''', Governor1856 to 1858 '''Arakil Bey al-Armani''', Governor1859 to 1861 '''Hasan Bey Salama Jarkas''', Governor1861 to 1862 '''Muhammad Rasikh Bey''', Governor1862 to 1865 '''Mūsā Pasha Ḥamdī''', HakimdarGovernor-General1865 to November 1865 ''''Umar Bey Fakhri''', acting Hakimdaracting Governor-GeneralNovember 1865 to 1866 '''Ja'afar Pasha Sadiq''', HakimdarGovernor-General1866 to 5 February 1871 '''Ja'afar Pasha Mazhar''', HakimdarGovernor-General5 February 1871 to October 1872 '''Ahmad Mumtaz Pasha''', HakimdarGovernor-GeneralOctober 1872 to 1872 '''Edhem Pasha al-Arifi at-Atqalawi''', acting Hakimdaracting Governor-General1872 to 18 May 187760px'''Al-Zubayr Rahma Mansur''', HakimdarGovernor-GeneralMay 1877 to December 187960px'''Charles George Gordon''' ("Gordon Pasha"), HakimdarGovernor-General, 1st timeDecember 1879 to February 188260px'''Muhammad Rauf Pasha''', HakimdarGovernor-General4 March 1882 to 11 May 188260px'''Carl Christian Giegler''' ("Giegler Pasha"), acting Hakimdaracting Governor-GeneralMay 1882 to March 1883 ''''Abd al-Qadir Pasha Hilmi''', HakimdarGovernor-GeneralMarch 1883 to 5 November 1883 ''''Ala al-Din Pasha Siddiq''', HakimdarGovernor-GeneralFebruary 1884 to 18 February 1884 '''Henry Watts Russell de Coetlogon''', acting Hakimdaracting Governor-General18 February 1884 to 26 January 188560px'''Charles George Gordon''' ("Gordon Pasha"), HakimdarGovernor-General, 2nd time; Killed at the end of the Siege of Khartoum26 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 188560px'''Muhammad Ahmad''', MahdiSelf-proclaimed Mahdi, Islamic Messiah22 June 1885 to 2 September 189860px'''Abdallahi ibn Muhammad''', KhalifaSelf-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''60px'''Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener''', Military GovernorSimultaneously served as Sirdar'''Anglo-Egyptian Sudan''' ''(condominium)''''19 January 1899'' to 22 December 189960px'''Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener''', Governor-GeneralSimultaneously served as Sirdar22 December 1899 to 31 December 191660px'''Sir Francis Reginald Wingate''', Governor-GeneralSimultaneously served as Sirdar1 January 1917 to 20 November 192460px'''Sir Lee Oliver Fitzmaurice Stack''', Governor-GeneralSimultaneously served as Sirdar; assassinated in Cairo21 November 1924 to 5 January 1925 '''''', acting Governor-General5 January 1925 to 6 July 192660px'''Sir Geoffrey Francis Archer''', Governor-GeneralThe first civilian Governor-General31 October 1926 to 10 January 193460px'''Sir John Loader Maffey''', Governor-General10 January 1934 to 19 October 194060px'''Sir George Stewart Symes''', Governor-General19 October 1940 to 8 April 1947 '''Sir Hubert Jervoise Huddleston''', Governor-General8 April 1947 to 29 March 1954 '''Sir Robert George Howe''', Governor-General29 March 1954 to 12 December 195560px'''Sir Alexander Knox Helm''', Governor-General12 December 1955 to 1 January 1956 '''Muhammad Ahmad Abu Rannat''', acting Governor-GeneralChief Justice of Sudan1 January 1956''Independence as '''Republic of the Sudan'''''For continuation after independence, ''see: ''List of heads of state of Sudan
See also * Sudan** Politics of Sudan** List of heads of state of Sudan** Vice President of Sudan** List of heads of government of Sudan* South Sudan** Politics of South Sudan** List of heads of state of South Sudan** Vice President of South Sudan* Lists of office-holders
References
External links *  World Statesmen – Sudan