Legislative Assembly of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

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The Legislative Assembly of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was a colonial-era representative body established under the Anglo-Egyptian condominium to provide limited local participation in governance before Sudan’s full parliamentary institutions emerged.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial legislative assembly
representative body
appliesToJurisdiction Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
category Anglo-Egyptian Sudan politics
Colonial legislatures in Africa
History of Sudan
composedOf Sudanese representatives
appointed officials
country Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
establishedUnder Anglo-Egyptian Condominium Agreement of 1899
surface form: Anglo-Egyptian condominium

British colonial policy in Sudan
Egyptian-British joint rule arrangements
followedBy Sudanese parliament
surface form: Sudanese House of Representatives

Sudanese parliament
surface form: Sudanese Parliament

Council of States of Sudan
surface form: Sudanese Senate
governs internal affairs of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan in a limited way
hasCharacteristics advisory powers rather than full legislative authority
appointed members
colonial-era institution
indirectly elected members
restricted franchise
hasPoliticalSystem limited representative government
hasPurpose incorporate Sudanese elites into colonial governance
prepare ground for fuller parliamentary institutions in Sudan
hasRole advise colonial authorities on Sudanese affairs
provide limited local participation in governance
historicalContext Anglo-Egyptian negotiations over Sudan
transition toward Sudanese self-government
historicalPeriod late colonial period in Sudan
languageOfWork Arabic
English
legislativeBodyFor Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
locatedIn Khartoum
Sudan
meetsIn Khartoum
partOf Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
surface form: Anglo-Egyptian condominium

colonial administration of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
precededBy Legislative Assembly of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Governor-General’s Advisory Council in Sudan
relatedTo British Africa
surface form: British Empire in Africa

Sudanese independence movement
Sudanese nationalist parties
significance early step toward Sudanese parliamentary democracy
symbol of limited devolution of power under colonial rule
typeOfRepresentation corporate and territorial representation
indirect representation
underAuthorityOf British colonial administration in Sudan
Egyptian government
surface form: Egyptian government (nominally)

Governor-General of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
surface form: Governor-General of Sudan

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Sudanese parliament predecessor Legislative Assembly of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Sudanese parliament predecessor Legislative Assembly of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
this entity surface form: Constituent Assembly of Sudan
Legislative Assembly of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan precededBy Legislative Assembly of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Governor-General’s Advisory Council in Sudan