The National Legislature ( ar, المجلس التشريعي السوداني, ''Al-Maǧlis al-Ttašriyʿiy'') is the

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of the

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of the

Republic of the 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 ...

. Prior to the 2019 coup d'état, the National Legislature was composed of two chambers: * The Council of States (, ''Al-Maǧlis al-Wilāyāt'') had 50 members who are indirectly elected by state legislatures. * The

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(, ''Al-Maǧlis al-Waṭaniy'') had 450 directly elected members. The National Legislature 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.

Parliament building

The seat of the National Legislature is in Omdurman, immediately north-west of the country's capital

Khartoum Khartoum or Khartum ( ; ar, الخرطوم, Al-Khurṭūm, din, Kaartuɔ̈m) is the capital of Sudan. With a population of 5,274,321, its metropolitan area is the largest in Sudan. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile, flowing n ...

. The building was designed in the style of

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by the Romanian architect Cezar Lăzărescu and completed in 1978. It is located on the banks of the White Nile at the confluence with the

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near the old Omdurman bridge.

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* 2005 establishments in Sudan Sudan Government of Sudan Sudan Sudan {{Sudan-stub

Parliament building

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