Warrap is one of the ten states in South Sudan,located in the Bahr el Ghazal region. The state became part of South Sudan after a successful secession from Sudan on 9 July 2011. Wanhalel,the place where first Jieng Customary Laws were initiated and hometown to prominent politician,Gen. Nhial Deng Nhial is located in Tonj South County of Warrap State The current governor is Lt. Gen. Francis Marial Abur who replaced Gen. Akol Koor Kuc after his appointment has been revoked.
Salva Kiir Mayardit,also 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. He was named Commander-in-Chief of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in 2005,following the death of John Garang.
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,the SPLM and the 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.
The politics of South Sudan concern the system of government in the Republic of South Sudan,a country in East Africa,and the people,organizations,and events involved in it.
The States of South Sudan were created out of the three historic former provinces of Bahr el Ghazal (northwest),Equatoria (southern),and Greater Upper Nile (northeast). The states are further divided into 79 counties.
The Cabinet of South Sudan is the Executive Branch of the Government of South Sudan. The Cabinet members are appointed by the President and report to the President.
Dr. Gabriel Changson Chang is a South Sudanese politician. He worked in the Ministry of Wildlife Conservation and Tourism and was the acting Minister of Finance in the Cabinet of South Sudan and the Cabinet of Sudan from March 2007 to July 2007. He was appointed to that position in July 2011 and 2009 respectively. Chang is also the chairman of the FDP South Sudan Federal Democratic Party and interim chairperson of the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA). He is considered one of the founding fathers of South Sudan independence.
Dr Barnaba Marial Benjamin Bil is a South Sudanese politician. He was appointed in April 2021 as the minister of Presidential Affairs in the office of the President as of 2022 replacing Nhial Deng Nhial.
Stephen Dhieu Dau Ayik is South Sudanese politician,banker by profession,and financial technocrat. He is a proven professional and held various cabinet positions in the Government of the Republic of South Sudan. He is a senior member of Sudan’s People Liberation Movement (SPLM) and had served in various cabinet positions. Stephen Dhieu Dau was the Minister of Finance and Planning until March 2018 in the RSS. He served as Minister of Petroleum and Mining and Minister of Commerce and Industry. Stephen Dhieu Dau is from Melut County,Upper Nile State,and belongs to the Nyiel section of the Padang Dinka ethnic group. In October 2022,President Salva Kiir appointed Stephen Dhieu Dau as the chairperson of the Board of Directors of the National Revenue Authority. In December 2022,He was appointed as a member of the SPLM Political Bureau.
The Bank of South Sudan (BoSS) is the central bank of the Republic of South Sudan. Established in July 2011,by an Act of Parliament,it replaced the now defunct Bank of Southern Sudan,a former branch of the Bank of Sudan,which had served as the central bank of South Sudan,during the period between February 2005 until July 2011. The bank is fully owned by the Government of South Sudan.
The Ministry of Finance and Planning is a ministry of the Government of South Sudan. This ministry was first headed by Honourable David Deng Athorbei after the country gained her independence from Sudan in 2011.The current minister is Hon. Dr. Marial Dongrin Ater
Corruption in South Sudan is among the worst in the world. The nation's elites have developed a kleptocratic system that controls every part of the South Sudanese economy. This system has taken shape quickly in a relatively short period,South Sudan having won self-rule in 2005 while remaining part of Sudan,and having been accorded full sovereignty in 2011.
The Ruweng Administrative Area is an administrative area in South Sudan. The area was known as Ruweng State between 2 October 2015 and 22 February 2020 when it was a state of South Sudan.
James Tor Monybuny is a South Sudanese politician who has been the deputy governor of Upper Nile State since January 2021,and was the first governor of Central Upper Nile State from 2017-2019. Monybuny is from Baliet,and is a member of the Ngok Lual Yak section of the Padang Dinka. Earlier in his career,Monybuny was a pastor for the Presbyterian Church in South Sudan and the Baliet County commissioner.
The Nile Petroleum Corporation (Nilepet) is the national oil and gas company of the nation of South Sudan. It was incorporated in 2009 by the government of Sudan and transferred to the government of South Sudan in 2011. Nilepet is the successor company in South Sudan to Sudapet,the national oil and gas company of Sudan.
Peter Mayen Majongdit also known as Peter Mayen is a South Sudanese politician and the former minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management between March 2020 and November 2022. South Sudan president Salva Kiir Mayardit fired him on 16 November 2022 amid rising hunger across the country's flood and conflict-affected areas.
Dier Tong Ngor is a South Sudanese politician who serves,from 4 August 2022,as the Minister of Finance and Planning.
Puot Kang Chol is a South Sudanese politician. Puot is currently the Minister of Petroleum in the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU) as of 2022. He is also a member of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement In-Opposition (SPLM-IO).
Kosovar–South Sudanese relations are foreign relations between South Sudan and Kosovo.
This article lists events in 2024 in South Sudan.
