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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 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 ...
Salva Kiir Mayardit (born 1951) 11 August 2005: 9 July 2011: 5 years, 332 days: SPLM: 2010: Republic of South Sudan (2011–present) (7) Salva Kiir Mayardit (born 1951)
Regional elections were held in Southern Sudan between 11 and 15 April 2010 as part of the Sudanese general election.The result was a victory for Salva Kiir of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, who received almost 93% of the vote. [1]
On 14 June 2023, President Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan accepted the credentials of the first female Non-Resident Philippine Ambassador to South Sudan Marie Charlotte G. Tang coinciding with the 10th anniversary of Philippines-South Sudan diplomatic relations and the 125th anniversary of declaration of Philippine independence. [4]
The following day, Commander Salva Kiir Mayardit was promoted from Chief of Staff to Bany's old positions of Deputy Commander-in-Chief and Deputy Chairman. Bany joined forces with Machar and Akol, [ 22 ] and later joined forces with Bol to form SPLA-United , Sudanese People's Liberation Army-United.
Twic State was a state in South Sudan that existed between 2 October 2015 and 22 February 2020. [3] It was located in the Bahr el Ghazal region and it bordered Aweil East to the west, the disputed Abyei region to the north, Gogrial to the south, Northern Liech to the east, and Ruweng to the northeast.
Following the independence of South Sudan, Riek Machar was inaugurated as the first vice president to President Salva Kiir.In July 2013, the entire cabinet, including Machar, was dismissed by Kiir on the ostensible reason to decrease the size of government.