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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.
While the Sudanese people followed the Naivasha peace talks closely, with high hopes of freedom and democratic transformation, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) was rife with rumors and accusations of conspiracy relating to the removal of SPLM deputy Chairman, Salva Kiir Mayardit, and his replacement with the young Nhial Deng Nhial.
The Nuer massacre, which occurred from December 15 to December 18, 2013, was a well-organized, intentional mass killing perpetrated against thousands of Nuer civilians by Dinka SPLA soldiers, Presidential Guard - Tiger Division, and Mathiang Anyoor (Dut Ku Beny), supported by Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF), orchestrated by the President of the Republic of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit ...
He became vice-president of South Sudan on 9 July 2011 when the country became independent, but was dismissed from office by President Salva Kiir Mayardit on 23 July 2016. Machar was re-appointed as First Vice-president of South Sudan on 22 February 2020 as part of the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity. [7]
Deng eventually became the rebel chief negotiator with the South Sudanese government under President Salva Kiir Mayardit. In August 2015, the SPLM-IO and the government agreed to a power-sharing deal which left Deng deeply dissatisfied, as he was supposed to be appointed mining minister instead of petroleum minister, as he had wished.
Salva Kiir Mayardit: Fifth Hussein Abdelbagi: 21 February 2020 [1] [2] 10 February 2025 4 years, 356 days SSOA: See also. Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (1972–1983)
By Rich McKay, Hannah Lang and Joseph Ax (Reuters) -World champion figure skaters, a pilot planning his wedding and teenaged skaters seen as the "future of the sport" were among the 67 victims of ...
Ambassador Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth (2 December 1973) is a South Sudanese retired diplomat and politician and a former Minister of Petroleum of the Republic of South Sudan, after having been appointed by President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Tuesday 2 August 2016.