The Council of States (, ''Maǧlis al-Wilāyāt'') is the currently-dissolved upper house of the

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Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

. It was formed in 2005 as part of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) which establishment of bicameral

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. The members are indirectly elected by state legislatures and serve five-year terms. The National Legislature, which includes the Council of States, was dissolved on 11 April 2019 following the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir and his National Congress Party in a

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. As part of the

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, a Transitional Legislative Council is to be formed which will function as the legislature of Sudan until elections scheduled for 2022.

Presidents of the Council of States

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