Sudanese Female Leaders

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Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior

(Vice President of South Sudan)

Birthdate: July 15, 1956

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Bor, Republic of the Sudan

Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior is a South Sudanese politician and the current Vice President of South Sudan. Best known as the wife of John Garang, Rebecca served as the Second Lady of Sudan as well as the First Lady of Southern Sudan in 2005. From 2005 to 2007, she served as the Minister of Roads and Transport of Southern Sudan.

Raja Nicola

(Sudanese Judge Who Served as a Member of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan)

Birthdate: 1950 AD

Birthplace: Omdurman, Sudan

Sudanese judge Raja Nicola was chosen by the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) and the Transitional Military Council (TMC) as their mutually agreed-on sixth civilian member of the eleven-member Sovereignty Council of Sudan that remained Sudan’s collective head of state from August 20, 2019 till October 25, 2021. Nicola was one of the two female members of the council.

Asma Mohamed Abdalla

(First Female Who Served as Sudan’s Foreign Minister During Ongoing Democratic Transition in Sudan)

Birthdate: August 14, 1946

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Khartoum, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

Sudanese diplomat Asma Mohamed Abdalla served as the first female Foreign Minister of Sudan in the ongoing democratic transition in Sudan that started in July 2019. She held office from September 2019 to July 9, 2020 in the Transitional Cabinet of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. She earlier served as a Sudanese ambassador and was dismissed after 1989 Sudanese coup d'état.

Aisha Musa el-Said

(Sudan's Collective Head of State from 21 August 2019 to 12 May 2021)

Birthplace: El-Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan

Aisha Musa el-Said is a Sudanese politician, women's rights activist, and translator. She served as Sudan's collective head of state from 21 August 2019 to 12 May 2021. Apart from her political career, Aisha Musa el-Said has also served as a professor in a couple of Saudi universities.

Nemat Abdullah Khair

(First Female Chief Justice of Sudan)

Birthdate: 1957 AD

Birthplace: Al Jazirah, Sudan

Nemat Abdullah Khair is a Sudanese judicial member who is currently serving as the Chief Justice of Sudan. She is the first female Chief Justice of Sudan. Nemat Abdullah Khair is also one of the few female Chief Justices in Africa.

Fatima Abdel Mahmoud

(First Female Minister of Sudan and the First Woman Who Contested the Presidency of Sudan)

Birthdate: July 27, 1944

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Omdurman, Sudan

Died: July 22, 2018

Sudanese politician Professor Dr. Fatima Abdel Mahmoud, leader of the Sudanese Socialist Democratic Union, served as the first female minister of Sudan and is the first woman who contested the Presidency of Sudan. She was inducted as Deputy Minister of Youth, Sports, and Social Affairs in 1973. She contested for Presidency in the 2010 and 2015 general elections in Sudan.

Wala'a Essam al-Boushi

(Sudanese Activist and Politician)

Birthdate: 1986 AD

Birthplace: Wad Madani, Sudan

Wala'a Essam al-Boushi is a Sudanese activist and politician. She is currently serving as the Minister of Youth and Sports and is credited with re-introducing women's football in Sudan. Under Wala'a Essam al-Boushi's ministership, a 21-team women's football league was instigated in Sudan on 30 September 2019.

Victoria Yar Arol

(Sudanese Politician and the First Female Elected to the Regional Assembly for the Bahr el Ghazal Province)

Birthdate: 1948 AD

Birthplace: Sudan

Died: 1980 AD

Victoria Yar Arol was a Sudanese politician who studied at the University of Khartoum, becoming the first woman from South Sudan to do so. A member of the Sudan African National Union, Arol was the first female elected to the regional assembly for the Bahr el Ghazal Province. Victoria Yar Arol is often cited as an inspiration to Sudanese women.

Intisar el-Zein Soughayroun

(Sudanese Politician)

Birthdate: 1958 AD

Birthplace: Khartoum, Sudan

Intisar el-Zein Soughayroun, who took part in the Sudanese Revolution, is the incumbent Minister of Higher Education of Sudan. She assumed office in September 2019 in the Transitional Cabinet of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok in the ongoing democratic transition in Sudan that started in July that year. She also serves as a professor of archeology at the University of Khartoum.

Su'ad al-Fatih al-Badawi

(Sudanese Politician and One of the First Women to Join the 'Society of the Muslim Brothers')

Birthdate: January 1, 1932

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: El Obeid, Sudan

Su'ad al-Fatih al-Badawi is a Sudanese politician, academic, and journalist. She is best known for her support of Islamism and her promotion of women's rights. One of the first women to join the Society of the Muslim Brothers, Su'ad al-Fatih al-Badawi also joined the National Islamic Front and represented the party in the National Legislature.

Lena el-Sheikh Mahjoub

(Sudanese Political Leader)

Birthplace: Sudan

Lena el-Sheikh Mahjoub is a Sudanese politician who is currently serving as the Minister of Labour and Social Development. She is also credited with co-founding the Impact Hub Khartoum, which aims at providing a cooperative environment for innovators, intellectuals, and entrepreneurs.

Catarina Zenab

(Sudanese Catholic Missionary)

Birthdate: 1848 AD

Birthplace: Sudan

Died: 1921 AD

Catarina Zenab was a Sudanese Catholic missionary and one of the most influential members of the Dinka people. She is credited with helping the missionaries develop the grammar of the Dinka language. She also helped develop a dictionary of the Dinka language. Catarina Zenab spent most of her life as a missionary in Cairo, Khartoum, and Omdurman.