KHARTOUM, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Chairman of Sudan's ruling Transitional Sovereign Council (TSC) Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, also the army chief, on Monday issued a constitutional decree appointing Kamil Idris as the new prime minister, the TSC's media office said in a statement.
Idris's appointment comes nearly three weeks after Al-Burhan named Dafallah Al-Haj Ali as acting prime minister and cabinet affairs minister.
The prime minister's post has been vacant since civilian leader Abdalla Hamdok resigned in January 2022 following a military coup led by Al-Burhan in October 2021.
The coup saw Hamdok and senior officials briefly detained before his reinstatement under a fragile power-sharing deal. Hamdok stepped down weeks later, thrusting the country into a political crisis.
Idris, a legal expert, previously served as director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization and secretary-general of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants.
Al-Burhan also issued another decree appointing Salma Abdul Jabbar al-Mubarak and Nawara Abu Muhammad Muhammad Taher as TSC members, representing central and eastern Sudan, according to the statement. ■