Salva Kiir Mayardit Politician

Salva Kiir Mayardit (born 13 September 1951) is a South Sudanese politician who has been President of South Sudan since its independence in 2011. Prior to independence, he was President of the Government of Southern Sudan, as well as First Vice President of Sudan, from 2005 to 2011.

Personal facts

Salva Kiir Mayardit
Birth dateSeptember 13, 1951
Birth place
Bahr el Ghazal , Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Religion
Catholic Church

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Office holder

office
First Vice President of Sudan
1st Vice President of Southern Sudan
2nd President of Southern Sudan
President of South Sudan
party
Sudan People's Liberation Movement
president
successor
Riek Machar
vice president
Riek Machar
James Wani Igga

Topical connections

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Gabriel Zubeir WakoCleric
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Salva Kiir Mayardit on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://gadebate.un.org/66/south-sudan-republic
  2. http://www.ipinst.org/events/speakers/details/230-salva-kiir-southern-sudan-vote-delay-could-risk-war.html
  3. http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/2011/09/south-sudan-general-debate-66th-session.html
  4. http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1417&fuseaction=topics.event_summary&event_id=152220