Abdalla Hamdok

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Abdalla Hamdok (2019)

Abdalla Hamdok ( Arabic عبد الله حمدوك, DMG ʿAbd Allāh Ḥamdūk , also Abdallah Hamdok ; * 1956 in the province of Kordofan ) is a Sudanese economist and politician who was Prime Minister of Sudan from August 21, 2019 until it was appointed by the military under the leadership of Abdel Fattah Burhan on October 25, 2021 . Back in office on November 21, he made it available again on January 2, 2022.

Life

Hamdok holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Khartoum University . He received a Master of Arts at the School of Economics of the University of Manchester , where he was in Economic Studies doctorate .

He has held numerous national and international positions. From 1981 to 1987 he worked in the Sudanese Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning. In the 1990s Hamdok was employed by Deloitte & Touche , then he worked for the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Zimbabwe and subsequently for the African Development Bank in Ivory Coast . In 2001 he worked for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) for a short time , and in the following year he was Director of Regional Integration and Trade .

From 2003 to 2008 he worked as Regional Director for Africa and the Middle East for the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance . From 2011 to 2018 he was Deputy Executive Secretary of UNECA.

In September 2018, Hamdok turned down an appointment to the office of Sudanese finance minister because he did not want to belong to the government of then-President Umar al-Bashir . After the military coup in April 2019 and the subsequent months-long power struggle between civilians and the military , the opposition movement Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) nominated him for the post of Prime Minister on August 20, 2019. The following day he was sworn in. His government was controlled by the “Sovereign Council” headed by General Abdel Fattah Burhan . Hamdok's predecessor in office as Prime Minister was Mohamed Tahir Ayala , who lost his office together with al-Bashir on April 11, 2019.

On March 9, 2020, Hamdok survived an explosives attack on his vehicle convoy.

After Hamdok rejected a resolution of the government requested by General Burhan in October 2021, there were major protests. Some of the demonstrators demanded support for the complete handover of power to the civilian population, while others demanded a return to "military rule" during a sit-in for several days in front of the presidential palace. On October 25, 2021 , the military launched a coup against the government. Hamdok was moved to an undisclosed location and several civilian members of the Sovereign Transitional Council and ministers of the transitional government arrested. General Burhan declared the Sovereign Council dissolved and declared a state of emergency. Hamdok, who was initially arrested, was released shortly afterwards.

Hamdok was released from house arrest on November 21, 2021. In agreement with General Burhan, he agreed to the resumption of government and the formation of a technocratic government to rule the country until the elections scheduled for 2023. Just six weeks later, on January 2, 2022, after massive street protests, he resigned; the protests had been directed against his proposals for economic reforms, which were characterized by subsidy cuts.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Sudan transition: Abdalla Hamdok appointed new prime minister. In: bbc.com . August 22, 2019, accessed August 26, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Sudan's Hamdok quits as premier after failing to restore civilian government. In: reuters.com . January 2, 2022, accessed January 2, 2022 .
  3. ↑ Korwa Gombe Adar, Abdalla Hamdok, Jaram Rukambe: Electoral Process and the Prospects of Democracy Consolidation: Contextualizing the African Multiparty Elections of 2004. African Books Collective, Oxford 2008, ISBN 978-0-7983-0210-4 , p. VII.
  4. ^ Sudan PM survives assassination attempt in Khartoum. In: Africanews . March 9, 2020, accessed March 9, 2020 .
  5. ↑ The army in Sudan arrested Prime Minister Hamdok. In: orf.at . October 25, 2021, accessed October 6, 2021 . Sudan's military seizes control in coup. In: dw.com . October 25, 2021, accessed October 26, 2021 .
  6. ↑ Christian Meier: Attempted coup in Sudan: General declares government dissolved. In: faz.net . October 25, 2021, accessed October 26, 2021 .
  7. ↑ Prime Minister Hamdok is back home. In: tagesschau.de . October 27, 2021, accessed October 27, 2021 .
  8. ↑ Overthrown head of government returns to office , published by Zeit online on November 21, 2021
personal data
SURNAME Hamdok, Abdalla
ALTERNATIVE NAMES عبدالله حمدوك (Arabic); Hamdok, Abdallah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sudanese economist and politician
BIRTH DATE 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Kurdufan Province