Eastern Sudan
geographic region of the Republic of Sudan
Eastern Sudan is a geographic region of the Republic of Sudan made up of the three three eastern states of the Republic of Sudan; Kassala, Red Sea and Al Qadarif.
Regional administration
The Eastern Sudan States Coordinating Council is a body established by the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement signed by the Government of Sudan and the rebel Eastern Front in June 2006. The agreement also established an Eastern Sudan Reconstruction and Development Fund to aid wealth-sharing between the central government and the three states. It requires the President of Sudan to appoint one Assistant to the President from nominees presented by the Eastern Front.
Membership of the council
The council has the following 15 members:
The Governor of Kassala
The Governor of Red Sea
The Governor of Al Qadarif
The Speaker of the Assembly of Kassala
The Speaker of the Assembly of Red Sea
The Speaker of the Assembly of Al Qadarif
Three representatives of the Eastern Front
Six representatives from other political groups
The three state Governors chair the proceedings of the council on a rotational basis.
The public source identifies “Eastern Sudan” as geographic region of the Republic of Sudan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Eastern, Sudan and geographic.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q14214610. Authority coordinates are 14.000, 35.000. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2006.
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This entry incorporates text from “Eastern Sudan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.