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In 2022, the transitional government and opposition agreed to move it to late 2024. [6] [7] In September 2024, the government ordered the elections to be postponed until 22 December 2026, citing the need to complete institutional processes such the creation of a census and a permanent constitution and the registration of political parties. [8]
South Sudan has never had a national election. However the most recent sub-national election was in 2010 for the presidency of the regional government of Southern Sudan [1] and for the bicameral, 170-member Legislative Assembly. Voting Age limit is 18 years old and above.
The result was a victory for Salva Kiir of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, who received almost 93% of the vote. [1] The winners of these elections would later continue in office upon South Sudan's independence after a referendum in 2011. As of 2024, these are the last South Sudanese elections.
President Salva Kiir of South Sudan says his country's long-delayed elections will take place in 2024 and that he will be on the ballot. Kiir, who has led South Sudan since the territory became ...
Elections set to be held in South Sudan in December are not on a path for a credible process without urgent action, a senior U.S. State Department official warned on Friday, as the government lags ...
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 government of South Sudan and rebel opposition groups on Thursday signed a “commitment declaration” for peace during high-level mediation talks in Kenya, described as key step in efforts ...
The executive branch of government is headed by the president. Under the TCSS, the president's term lasts for two consecutive 5-year terms. However, in April 2015, South Sudan's parliament voted to extend Kiir's term to 9 July 2018. [40] A new vote held in July 2018 further postponed South Sudan's first election until 2021. The president has ...