Mohamed Tahir Ayala
14th Prime Minister of Sudan
In office 23 February 2019 – 11 April 2019 Caretaker: 23 February 2019 – 14 March 2019
President	Omar al-Bashir
Preceded by	Motazz Moussa
Succeeded by	Abdalla Hamdok
Governor of Gezira State
In office 2015 – 23 February 2019
Governor of Red Sea State
In office 2005–2015
Personal details
Born	1951 (age 72–73) Jubayt, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Modern-day Sudan)
Alma mater	University of Khartoum, Cardiff University

Mohamed Tahir Ayala (Arabic: محمد طاهر أيلا; born 1951) is a Sudanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Sudan from February to April 2019, making him the final Prime Minister to serve under President Omar al-Bashir. On 11 April 2019, he was deposed along with the other members of the government in the 2019 Sudanese coup d'état. He previously served as Minister of Roads and Bridges and later as the governor of Red Sea State (2005–2015) and Gezira State (2015–2019).

Biography

Ayala was born in 1951 in Jubayt,^[1] and graduated in economics from the University of Khartoum and Cardiff University, with a Bachelor and master's degree respectively.^[1]

Soon after the 1989 Sudanese coup d'état he was appointed director of the Sudan Seaports Corporation and later became federal minister for roads and bridges.^[2] In 2005 he was appointed governor of Red Sea state.^[3][4] He served in this position until 2015 and then became governor of Gezira State.^[2] In November 2017, while still governor of Gezira, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir offered Ayala his support for the 2020 presidential election if he were to stand.^[5][6] In response, Ayala said, "The demand of the Gezira people and my demand is for 2020 to be the year where al-Bashir is elected for a third term in office. That’s the demand of all of the Sudanese people."^{[citation needed]}

On 23 February 2019 he was appointed Prime Minister of Sudan by Omar al-Bashir.^[7] On 11 April 2019 he was deposed and arrested in the 2019 Sudanese coup d'état.^[8]