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The National Legislature (, ''Al-Maǧlis al-Ttašriyʿiy'') is the
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of the
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of the
Republic of the Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...
. 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 Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir (born 1 January 1944) is a Sudanese former military officer and politician who served as Head of state of Sudan, Sudan's head of state under various titles from 1989 until 2019, when he was deposed in 2019 Sudanese c ...
and his National Congress Party in a military coup. As part of the 2019 Sudanese transition to democracy, a Transitional Legislative Council was to have been formed which would function as the legislature of Sudan until elections initially scheduled for 2022. Amendments made to the transitional constitution in February 2025, established a " Transitional Legislative Authority" made up of the members of the
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and
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to act as an interim legislature until a Transitional Legislative Council is formally established.


Parliament building

The seat of the National Legislature is in
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, immediately north-west of the country's capital
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. 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
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at the confluence with the
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near the old Omdurman bridge.


See also

*
Transitional Legislative Council (Sudan) The Transitional Legislative Council ( ''al majlis al tashrieiu al aintiqaliu al sudaniu'') is a planned legislature, legislative body for Sudan to be formed as a stage in the 2019–2026 Sudanese transition to democracy, Sudanese transition t ...
*
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* 2005 establishments in Sudan
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Government of Sudan
Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...
Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...
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