Dafallah al-Haj Ali

Dafallah al-Haj Ali Osman is a Sudanese diplomat and politician who was the acting prime minister of Sudan from 30 April to 31 May 2025.

Biography Osman earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Khartoum in 1978. He became a diplomat in 1980s and served as Sudan ambassador to France (2016–2020), Pakistan, and Vatican. to 16 April 2014. After the Israeli airstrike of the Yarmouk ammunition factory in 2012, Osman brought the case to the UN Security Council. He also claimed that Israel had violated Sudanese air space three times in recent years. Osman further said that Sudan has a "right to react" and to strike Israel.

In 2019, Osman applied for early retirement but returned after the 2021 coup d'état, becoming the undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until 8 December 2023. In 2024, he was appointed the Sudanese ambassador to Saudi Arabia.