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Sudan
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The RCC-NS appointed the Council of Ministers, or cabinet,
which included civilian politicians and military officers.
Cabinet composition varied, but in 1991 it included the prime
minister; the deputy prime minister; some ministers of state; and
finance; and heads of about twenty other ministries. The main
ministries included agriculture and natural resources,
construction and public works, culture and information, defense,
education, energy and mining, finance and economic planning,
foreign affairs, health, higher education and scientific
research, industry, interior, irrigation, justice, labor and
social insurance, trade and cooperation, transport and
communications, and welfare and social development.
Although the Council of Ministers was the designated
executive arm of the government and a majority of ministers were
civilians, in practice the council had no power independent of
the RCC-NS. The prime minister, RCC-NS chairman Bashir, had
authority to appoint and dismiss ministers and reshuffled the
cabinet several times between 1989 and 1991. The important
portfolios of defense and interior were held by RCC-NS members,
and at least three other ministries were headed by RCC-NS
officers. The civilian ministers could not undertake independent
initiatives and had to obtain advance approval from the RCC-NS
for any major policy decisions.
Data as of June 1991
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