Gaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry was a Sudanese politician who served as the fourth head of state of Sudan from 1969 to 1985,first as Chairman of the National Revolutionary Command Council and then as President.
The Addis Ababa Agreement,also known as the Addis Ababa Accord,was a set of compromises within a 1972 treaty that ended the First Sudanese Civil War (1955–1972) fighting in Sudan. The Addis Ababa accords were incorporated in the Constitution of Sudan.
The Second Sudanese Civil War was a conflict from 1983 to 2005 between the central Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army. It was largely a continuation of the First Sudanese Civil War of 1955 to 1972. Although it originated in southern Sudan,the civil war spread to the Nuba mountains and the Blue Nile. It lasted for almost 22 years and is one of the longest civil wars on record. The war resulted in the independence of South Sudan 6 years after the war ended.
John Garang de Mabior was a Sudanese politician and revolutionary leader. From 1983 to 2005,he led the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) during the Second Sudanese Civil War. He briefly served as First Vice President of Sudan for three weeks,from the comprehensive peace agreement of 2005 until his death in a helicopter crash on July 30,2005. A developmental economist by profession,Garang was a major influence on the movement that led to the foundation of South Sudan.
Dr. Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon is a South Sudanese politician who serves as the First Vice President of South Sudan.
The Sudan People's Liberation Movement is a political party in South Sudan. It was initially founded as the political wing of the Sudan People's Liberation Army in 1983. On January 9,2005 the SPLA,SPLM and Government of Sudan signed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement,ending the civil war. SPLM then obtained representation in the Government of Sudan,and was the main constituent of the Government of the then semi-autonomous Southern Sudan. When South Sudan became a sovereign state on 9 July 2011,SPLM became the ruling party of the new republic. SPLM branches in Sudan separated themselves from SPLM,forming the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North. Further factionalism appeared as a result of the 2013-2014 South Sudanese Civil War,with President Salva Kiir leading the SPLM-Juba and former Vice President Riek Machar leading the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition.
Joseph Lagu is a South Sudanese military figure and politician. He belongs to the Madi ethnic group of Eastern Equatoria,South Sudan.
The SPLA-Nasir was a splinter faction of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA),a rebel group that fought in the Second Sudanese Civil War. Originally created as an attempt by the Nuer tribe to replace SPLA leader John Garang in August 1991,it gradually became coopted by the government. The break away of Riek Machar from SPLM/A resulted in Nuer ethnic group massacring Garang's ethnic Dinka from Bor in the Bor massacre in 1991. This split resulted in the 1994 National Convention of New Sudan in Chukudum.
Rebecca Nyandeng of Mabior is a South Sudanese politician. She has been one of the Vice Presidents of South Sudan in the unity government since February 2020. She served as the Minister of Roads and Transport for the autonomous government of Southern Sudan,and as an advisor for the President of South Sudan on gender and human rights from 2007 to 2014. She is the widow of Dr. John Garang de Mabior,the late first Vice President of Sudan and the President of the Government of South Sudan,and the mother of Akuol de Mabior. She is from the Dinka tribe of Twic East County of South Sudan.
Daniel Koat Mathews is a Sudanese politician and Nuer leader,who has been effectively involved in the national politics for many years. He is now a major general in the Sudan People's Liberation Army.
Arok Thon Arok was a politician from Southern Sudan. He was one of five senior commanders of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA),before defecting.
Dr. Toby Maduot Parek,was the chairman of the Sudan African National Union (SANU),a member of parliament in the government of southern Sudan (GOSS) Legislative Assembly,and a member of the Sudanese Group for Human Rights (SGHR).
The Southern Sudan Autonomous Region was an autonomous region that existed in southern Sudan between 1972 and 1983. It was established on 28 February 1972 by the Addis Ababa Agreement which ended the First Sudanese Civil War. The region was abolished on 5 June 1983 by the administration of Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiry. Revocation of southern autonomy was one of the causes of the Second Sudanese Civil War which would continue until January 2005,when southern autonomy was restored;the region became the independent Republic of South Sudan in 2011.
Samuel Aru Bol was a prominent politician in Southern Sudan. During the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005) he signed the Khartoum Peace Agreement of 1997 as representative for the Union of Sudan African Parties (USAP).
Joseph Oduho Haworu was a leading politician from southern Sudan who was active in the struggle for independence and a founding member of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM).
Aggrey Jaden Ladu was a South Sudanese politician.
The Angakuei community belong to the people are members of the clan from Baidit Payam,Jonglei,South Sudan. The word Angakuei originates from the word Kuei,which means eagle. Abel Alier,the first South Sudanese to become the first vice President of The Sudan and the first president of the High Executive Council of Southern Sudan,is from the Angakuei clan. The name Alier originates from Lirpiou a deity that was worshipped by Angakueth and their brothers,Gwallɛi who are currently in Kolnyang Payam of Bor County.
Gordon Muortat Mayen Maborjok (1922–2008) was a South Sudanese veteran politician and an advocate for the rights and freedom of the South Sudanese people. He was the President of the Nile Provisional Government (NPG) which led the Anyanya;Southern Sudan's first armed resistance to Khartoum which started in 1955. Muortat also served as Vice-President of the Southern Front (SF) and Foreign Minister in the Southern Sudan Provisional Government (SSPG).
The 1985 Sudanese coup d'état was a military coup that occurred in Sudan on 6 April 1985. The coup was staged by a group of military officers and led by the Defense Minister and Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief,Field Marshal Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab,against the government of President Gaafar Nimeiry.
Bona Malwal is a South Sudanese journalist,politician,and government official known for his advocacy for self-determination and secession for South Sudan. Malwal's early life began in Twic Mayardit County,Bahr El Ghazal,and he belongs to the Dinka ethnic group. He obtained a diploma in journalism from Indiana University in 1963,followed by a bachelor's degree in economics and a Master of Arts in journalism and communications from Columbia University in 1969.
