Transitional Darfur Regional Authority السلطة الإنتقالية الإقليمية لدارفور al-slTa al-intqalia al-iqlimia le-darfor |
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Autonomous Region of Sudan | |||||
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Map showing Darfur within Sudan. | |||||
Capital | Al-Fashir | ||||
Government | Interim Regional Administration | ||||
Executive Chairperson | |||||
• | 2007-2010 | Minni Minnawi | |||
• | 2010-2011 | Shartai Jaafar Abdel Hakam | |||
• | 2011-2016 | Tijani Sese | |||
Legislature | Darfur Council | ||||
History | |||||
• | Established | April 2007 | |||
• | Dissolved | July 2016 | |||
Population | |||||
• | 2004 | 6,000,000 |
The Darfur Regional Authority (Arabic: السلطة الإنتقالية الإقليمية لدارفور, al-slTa al-intqalia al-iqlimia al-darfor) was an interim governing body for the Darfur region of the Republic of Sudan. It was established as the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority in April 2007 under the terms of the 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement signed in May 2006.
The authority was reformed following the signing of a new Darfur Peace Agreement on 14 July 2011 which included provisions for a regional authority with both executive and legislative functions. The reform of the TDRA into the DRA began on 20 September 2011 when Tijani Sese was named as chairman of the new authority and was completed on 8 February 2012 when the authority assumed its full functions. The authority is based in Al-Fashir in North Darfur.
A transitional Darfur Regional Authority was established in April 2007 as part of the Darfur Peace Agreement between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi. The agreement was an attempt to resolve the Darfur conflict that had been ongoing from February 2003. The agreement was only signed by one rebel group, the Sudan Liberation Movement, and rejected by the Justice and Equality Movement, resulting in continuation of the conflict.