Abdalla Hamdok

Abdalla Hamdok

Abdalla Hamdok (also transliterated: Abdallah, Hamdouk; Arabic: ??????? ??????; born 1 January 1956) is a Sudanese public administrator who has served as the 15th Prime Minister of Sudan since 2019. Prior to his appointment, Hamdok served in numerous national and international administrative positions. From November 2011 to October 2018, he was Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). UNECA staff described Hamdok as "A diplomat, a humble man and a brilliant and disciplined mind". In August 2019, Hamdok was floated around as a likely candidate for Prime Minister of Sudan for the 2019 Sudanese transition to democracy.Following the transfer of power from the Transitional Military Council to the Sovereignty Council of Sudan, the Sovereignty Council appointed Abdalla Hamdok as Prime Minister during the transitional period. He was sworn in on 21 August 2019.

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