“I am announcing my resignation from the position of Prime Minister. I leave this task to the other sons and daughters of my homeland,” Hamdok said in a televised speech.

Hamduk noted that a roundtable discussion was needed to come to a new agreement for Sudan's political transition to democracy.

Abdalla Hamdok Al-Kinani become the 15th Prime Minister of Sudan in 2019.

Prior to his appointment, Hamdok served in numerous national and international administrative positions. From November 2011 to October 2018, he was Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).

In August 2019, Hamdok was suggested as a likely candidate for Prime Minister of Sudan for the 2019 Sudanese transition to democracy.

Following the transfer of power from the Transitional Military Council to the Sovereignty Council of Sudan, the Sovereignty Council appointed Hamdok as Prime Minister during the transitional period. He was sworn in on August 21.

He was kidnapped and moved to an undisclosed location during the October 2021 Sudanese coup d'état. The European Union, the United States, and other Western powers have stated that they continued to recognize the Hamdok cabinet as "the constitutional leaders of the transitional government".

On 21 November 2021, all political prisoners were freed and Hamdok was reinstated as prime minister as part of an agreement with the military. (ILKHA)