Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation
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The Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation (RCC) was the authority by which the military government of Sudan
under Lt. Gen. Omar al-Bashir
exercised power.
The RCC came to power following the June 1989 coup.
Lt. Gen. Bashir was the chairman of the Council, as well as Prime Minister, defence minister and commander-in-chief of the armed forces. All fifteen members of the council were military officers. No regulations about the selection and tenure of its members have been made public.
The RCC exercised legislative as well as some executive authority.
It appointed committees to draft various legal decrees. The RCC has not published any rules of procedures over its deliberations.
It banned political activity and arrested opposition members and closed down newspapers.
The RCC dissolved itself in October 1993. Its powers were devolved to the President and the Transitional National Assembly.
Sudan
Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
under Lt. Gen. Omar al-Bashir
Omar al-Bashir
Lieutenant General Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir is the current President of Sudan and the head of the National Congress Party. He came to power in 1989 when he, as a brigadier in the Sudanese army, led a group of officers in a bloodless military coup that ousted the government of Prime Minister...
exercised power.
The RCC came to power following the June 1989 coup.
Lt. Gen. Bashir was the chairman of the Council, as well as Prime Minister, defence minister and commander-in-chief of the armed forces. All fifteen members of the council were military officers. No regulations about the selection and tenure of its members have been made public.
The RCC exercised legislative as well as some executive authority.
It appointed committees to draft various legal decrees. The RCC has not published any rules of procedures over its deliberations.
It banned political activity and arrested opposition members and closed down newspapers.
The RCC dissolved itself in October 1993. Its powers were devolved to the President and the Transitional National Assembly.