Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government body tasked with managing Sudan's foreign relations, headquartered in Khartoum, and it includes Sudan's diplomatic and consular missions abroad, and is concerned with representing the state in international forums and organizations and with the agreements and treaties concluded by Sudan.

Its nucleus dates back to March 1953, when an agreement between the two Condominium authorities stipulated the creation of a post of Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs to be held by a Sudanese, so Dr. Aqeel Ahmed Aqeel was appointed Undersecretary in 1954. On the evening of Independence Day, January 1, 1956, the Ministry's first meeting was held under the chairmanship of Mubarak Zarouk, the first Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the accredited representatives of states in Sudan were notified of the declaration of independence, and a memorandum was sent to all countries of the world to that effect. The Egyptian ambassador was the first ambassador to present his credentials on January 14, 1956, while the first congratulatory delegations were from Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Indonesia, Turkey and East Germany.

Since its birth, the Ministry has undertaken representing Sudan in international forums, formulating its foreign relations, protecting its interests and caring for Sudanese abroad, and its first generation of diplomats was drawn from the civil service and the teaching and police corps, and it was known for strict professional discipline and professional hierarchy. Its establishment was preceded by Sudan's first external appearance at the Bandung Conference in April 1955 before the completion of independence procedures, and on October 14, 1956 diplomatic relations were established with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with Mr. Mahjoub Makkawi presenting his credentials to King Saud. In 2019, Asma Mohamed Abdullah took over the Foreign Affairs portfolio, becoming the first woman to hold the post since independence. (Historical structural profile — does not necessarily reflect the current situation under war conditions)

(Sources: theworldfolio.com — Profile of the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Khaled Musa Dafallah — "Features from the History and Experiences of Sudanese Diplomacy" (Sudars); Sudan Magazine — "National Governments and Foreign Relations"; Wikipedia — "Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Sudan)" and "Foreign relations of Sudan")

— Editorial Team