Nemat Abdullah Khair
[11] Muez Hadra of the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) described Nemat as "honest and earnest" and completely independent of the former al-Bashir government.[9] On 10 October 2019, Khair was confirmed[1] as the head of the Sudanese judiciary after being selected by consensus between the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the Forces of Freedom and Change alliance (FFC)."[6][7] Khair had earlier been expected to become Chief Justice on 20[4] or 21 August 2019,[11] according to Khartoum Star and Sudan Daily.Khair is the first female Chief Justice of Sudan,[1][8] and one of only a small number of female Chief Justices in Africa[8] (following Kaïta Kayentao Diallo – Mali, 2006; Umu Hawa Tejan-Jalloh – Sierra Leone, 2008; Mathilda Twomey – Seychelles, 2011; Nthomeng Majara – Lesotho, 2014; Irene Mambilima – Zambia, 2015; Sophia Akuffo – Ghana, 2017; Meaza Ashenafi – Ethiopia, 2018).On 12 September 2019, prior to Khair's 10 October confirmation, thousands of protestors in Khartoum and other Sudanese towns called for Abdelgadir Mohamed Ahmed to be appointed as Chief Justice and Mohamed el-Hafiz as Attorney General.