Abdel Fattah al-Burhan

His Excellency Major General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
عبد الفتاح البرهان
Burhan in October 2019
8th President of Sudan
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 October 2021 Acting: 11 April 2019 – 25 October 2021
Prime Minister	Mohamed Tahir Ayala Abdalla Hamdok Osman Hussein
Vice President	First Vice Presidents Himself Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo Malik Agar Second Vice Presidents Osman Kebir Malik Agar Shams al-Din Khabbashi
Preceded by	Omar al-Bashir
First Vice President of Sudan
In office 25 March 2019 – 25 October 2021
President	Omar al-Bashir Himself (Acting)
Preceded by	Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf
Succeeded by	Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo
Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council
In office 20 August 2019 – 25 October 2021
Deputy	Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo
Preceded by	Council formed
Succeeded by	Council dissolved; Himself as President
Chairman of the Transitional Military Council
In office 12 April 2019 – 20 August 2019
Deputy	Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo
Preceded by	Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf
Succeeded by	Transitional Sovereignty Council
Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 April 2019
Deputy	Malik Agar
Preceded by	Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf
Personal details
Born	(1960-07-11) 11 July 1960 Directorate, Republic of Sudan (present-day River Nile, Sudan)
Nationality	Sudanese
Political party	National Congress Party (since 2000)
Spouse(s)	At least 1 wife
Children	3
Education	University of Khartoum
Occupation	Politician, Soldier, Policeman, Teacher
Religion	Sunni Islam
Military service
Allegiance	Sudan
Branch/service	Sudanese Armed Forces
Years of service	1991–present
Rank	Major General
Commands	Sudanese Armed Forces (since 2019)
Battles/wars	Second Sudanese Civil War War in Darfur 2019 Sudanese coup d'état 2021 Sudanese coup d'état Third Sudanese Civil War

Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan (Arabic: عبد الفتاح عبد الرحمن البرهان, romanized: ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Burhān; born 11 July 1960) is a Sudanese politician, soldier and a former policeman and teacher who is the 8th and the current President of Sudan since 25 October 2021. Following the 2019 Sudanese coup d'état which overthrew his predecessor, Omar al-Bashir, in April 2019, Burhan became the acting president until 2021. Before, he was the First Vice President of Sudan from 2019 to 2021 and was also the Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council from 2019 to 2021, Chairman of the Transitional Military Council from April to August 2019, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces since 2019.

The 2020 Juba Agreement allowed Burhan to continue to lead the Sovereignty Council until in October 2021 where the council will be dissolved rather than as planned in February 2021. After the council was dissolved, Burhan declared himself President.

Burhan led a coup d'état in October 2021 which deposed prime minister Abdalla Hamdok. However, a month later in November, Hamdock and Burhan signed an agreement to make Hamdock as prime minister of Sudan again until Hamdok resigned again in January 2022.

In May 2019, al-Burhan's first international trip as president was to Egypt to meet President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. His second visit was to the United Arab Emirates.

In April 2023, Burhan's vice president, Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, who's relationship with Burhan has soured since the 2021 Sudanese coup d'état has rebelled against Burhan which started the Third Sudanese Civil War thus dividing the country.

Dagalo has blamed Burhan for the war stating that he wanted to divide the country. However, Burhan has denied those clames and said that it was Dagalo who wanted to divide the country.