Haider Ahmed Dafalla

Haider Ahmed Dafalla was the Chief Justice of Sudan and president of the Supreme Court of Sudan, starting in 2014. He was the highest-ranking and presiding judge in the Supreme Court, and also head of administrative functions. Dafalla was nominated and recommended by the national commission for judicial services to chief justice post, as a Chief Justice is responsible for allocation of cases which deal with an important law matters. He was the 15th Chief Justice of the Republic of Sudan since January 1956. In April 2014, the president of the Republic of Sudan appointed Haider Ahmed Dafalla by Presidential decree No. 23/2014 as Chief justice. He took office on 23 April 2014.