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Salva Kiir Mayardit (born 13 September 1951), [3] commonly known as Salva Kiir, is a South Sudanese politician who has been the President of South Sudan since its independence on 9 July 2011. Prior to independence, he was the President of the Government of Southern Sudan , as well as First Vice President of Sudan , from 2005 to 2011.
The region of Southern Sudan (currently the independent republic of South Sudan) became autonomous for the first time, within Sudan, in 1972, through the Addis Ababa Agreement meant to end the First Sudanese Civil War, and its local government had five presidents until 1983, when the Sudanese central government revoked the autonomy.
Al-Bashir was reelected president in the 2010 Sudanese general election with 68% of the popular vote; [54] while Salva Kiir was elected President of Southern Sudan. These elections were agreed on earlier in the 2005 peace accord. [53] The election was marked by corruption, intimidation, and inequality.
In 1998 he then went to Abubaker Sidiq Primary School for boys in Jabra City south of Sudanese Capital Khartoum where he finished his primary school in 2001. In 2002 he joined Khartoum El-Jadida Modern Secondary School for boys to 2006 and completed Sudan School Certificate.
The SSOA failed to decide on a vice president, so they authorized president Salva Kiir to pick from a list of six leaders. On February 23, 2020, Kiir picked Abdelbagi, making him the fifth vice president. [7] Abdelbagi is the first Muslim Vice President of South Sudan and the highest ranking Muslim to be a part of any government in South Sudan. [8]
Sudan’s top military general held talks in Juba Monday with South Sudan's president on his second trip abroad since the war in his country started earlier this year. Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan ...
On January 2, 2020, the South Sudanese government announced through a presidential decree run on state media that Ajak was among dozens of prisoners being pardoned. [60] He was released from prison on January 4, 2020. [61] Following his release, he left South Sudan to visit his wife and children in Nairobi, and to undergo a thorough medical ...
Lopez Lomong (born January 5, 1985) [3] [4] is a South Sudanese-born American track and field athlete. Lomong, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, came to the United States at the age of 16 and became a U.S. citizen in 2007. Lomong qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 1500 meters at the United States Olympic track and field trials in Eugene ...