Muhammad Ahmad Abu Rannat
Sayyid Muhammad Ahmad Abu Rannat | |
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محمد أحمد أبو رنات | |
Abu Rannat in 1960, during a BBC interview with Tayeb Salih | |
| Chief Justice of Sudan | |
| In office July 1955 – 1964 | |
| President | Sovereignty Council Ibrahim Abboud (1958–1964) |
| Prime Minister | Ismail al-Azhari (1956) Abdallah Khalil (1956–1958) Ibrahim Abboud (1958–1964) |
| Preceded by | William O'Brien Lindsay |
| Succeeded by | Babiker Awadalla |
| Governor-General of Sudan | |
Acting | |
| In office 12 December 1955 – 1 January 1956 | |
| Prime Minister | Ismail al-Azhari |
| Preceded by | Knox Helm |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1902 En Nahud, North Kordofan, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan |
| Died | 1977 (aged 74–75) |
Justice Sayyid Muhammed Ahmad Abu Rannat (Arabic: محمد أحمد أبو رنات, 1902 – 1977) was as a Sudanese jurist who served as the chief justice of Sudan from Sudan's independence until 1964. His work influenced the development of legal systems in post-colonial Africa, particularly in Sudan and Nigeria, with efforts to reconcile Islamic, customary, and Western legal principles.