Ali Ahmed Karti (Arabic: علي أحمد كرتي; born 11 March or 27 October 1953) is a Sudanese politician and businessman.

[9] On 12 January 2001, PDF forces attacked facilities of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Chelkou, Southern Sudan.

[2] In this period he flew to Darfur to buy the support of Arab tribal leaders with money supplied by Salah Gosh.

[3] In May 2011 he and vice president Ali Osman Taha declined to meet with a United Nations Security Council delegation that investigated the crisis in Abyei.

[16][17] In 2015 Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir formed a new government, and Karti was succeeded on 7 June by Ibrahim Ghandour.

[20] After the death of al-Zubeir Mohamed al-Hassan, Kharti became secretary general of the Sudanese Islamic Movement in June 2021.

[8] In September 2023, the United States imposed sanctions on Karti, accusing him of undermining the transition to a civil administration in Sudan since 2019.

[21][23] Both the disbanded National Congress Party and the Sudanese Islamic Movement challenged the sanctions, and claimed pride could be derived from them.

[8] On June 24, 2024, the EU Council imposed personal sanctions on Karti for his continuous efforts to obstruct peace process between the SAF and the RSF as well as derailing Sudan's transition to civilian-led democracy.