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.
Kuol Manyang is a South Sudanese politician. He is a member of the SPLM. He became governor of Jonglei state on 15 December 2007,following the first former governor,Philip Thon Leek from Dinka Bor,to curb cattle raiding and abduction of children in the region.
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.
Deng Alor Kuol is a South Sudanese politician. He has served as the minister of East African Community Affairs in President Salva Kiir Mayardit's government. He is a member of the Ngok Dinka ethnic group,and was born in Abyei region,an oil-producing border region between Northern and Southern Sudan.
Dr.Gabriel Changson Chang is a South Sudanese politician who 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. The Hon.Dr. Gabriel is also the chairman of the FDP South Sudan Federal Democratic Party and interim chairperson of SSOA South Sudan Opposition Alliance. On July 15,2020,Dr.Changson was appointed the Minister of Higher Education. Dr.Changson has served in seven different ministries. In March 2023,Dr. Changson led the Federal Democratic Party with a call for free political space,peace and encouraging citizens to produce their own food and avoid reliance of food relief from Uganda,Kenya,Sudan and Ethiopia.
David Yau Yau is a South Sudanese politician and former militant. He served as Governor of Boma State from 2018 to 2020 and as the Chief Administrator of the Greater Pibor Administrative Area of South Sudan. He was previously the leader of a Murle insurrection against the South Sudanese government.
The South Sudanese Civil War was a multi-sided civil war in South Sudan between forces of the government and opposition forces. In December 2013,President Salva Kiir accused his former deputy Riek Machar and 10 others of attempting a coup d'état. Machar denied trying to start a coup and fled to lead the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO). Fighting broke out between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and SPLM-IO,igniting the civil war. Ugandan troops were deployed to fight alongside the South Sudanese government. The United Nations has peacekeepers in the country as part of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
Eastern Lakes State was a state in South Sudan that existed between 2 October 2015 and 22 February 2020. It was located in the Bahr el Ghazal region and it bordered Southern Liech to the north,Western States to the west,Amadi to the southwest,Terekeka to the southeast,and Jonglei to the east.
Terekeka State was a state in South Sudan that existed between 2 October 2015 and 22 February 2020. It was located in the Equatoria region and it bordered Amadi,Eastern Lakes,Imatong,Jonglei,and Jubek. It has an estimated population of 176,030 in 2014,and the capital and largest city of the state is Terekeka,South Sudan.
Boma State was a state in South Sudan that existed between 2 October 2015 and 22 February 2020. It was located in the Greater Upper Nile region and was formerly part of the state of Jonglei. The state bordered Akobo State,Imatong State,Jonglei State,Kapoeta State,Bieh State,Terekeka State and the country of Ethiopia to the east.
Bieh State was a state in South Sudan that existed between 2 October 2015 and 22 February 2020. It was located in the Greater Upper Nile region and it bordered Fangak to the west,Central Upper Nile to the north,Latjoor and Akobo to the east,and Jonglei to the south.
Southern Liech State was a state in South Sudan that existed between 2 October 2015 and 22 February 2020. It was located in the Greater Upper Nile region and it bordered Northern Liech to the north,Western Bieh to the east,Jonglei to the southeast,Eastern Lakes to the south,Western Lakes to the southwest,and Tonj to the west.
Fangak State was a state in South Sudan that existed between 2 October 2015 and 22 February 2020. It was located in the Greater Upper Nile region and it bordered Ruweng to the northwest,Western Nile to the northeast,Eastern Nile to the east,Eastern Bieh to the southeast,Jonglei to the south,Southern Liech to the southwest,and Northern Liech to the west.
The National Salvation Front (NAS) is a South Sudanese militant group led by Thomas Cirillo which has been fighting against the government of South Sudan since March 2017.
The South Sudan Opposition Alliance is a coalition of political parties and armed groups in South Sudan that opposed the government of President Salva Kiir. It was formed in February 2018 in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia,by nine groups. In September the alliance acceded to a revised peace deal with the government that also included the main rebel faction,the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition,but some of the member groups disagreed with the decision and split from the alliance. The pro-deal SSOA has experienced continued tension between its members,as well as with the government.
This article lists events from the year 2019 in South Sudan
Timothy Taban Juch is a South Sudanese politician and the former governor of Akobo State in South Sudan.
Hussein Abdelbagi Akol Agany is one of the vice presidents of South Sudan. Abdelbagi is a Malual Dinka from Northern Bahr el Ghazal. Abdelbagi,born in the late 1960s,was a son of the politically influential Malual Dinka tribal leader Sultan Abdelbagi Akol (1928–2020),who was among other things considered the spiritual head of the South Sudanese Muslims. Gen. Abdelbagi was the Chief of General Staff of the South Sudan Patriotic Army,which became part of the South Sudan Opposition Alliance. On August 25,2018,the SSPM/A split,with Abdelbagi creating a faction that claimed to have removed Costello Garang Ring for rejecting the peace process and attacking communities on the border with Sudan. On July 23,2019,the SSPM/A faction of Costello Garang Ring claimed to remove Abdelbagi from office. He became the speaker of the South Sudan Opposition Alliance faction led by Gabriel Changson Chang after it split in November 2018. As part of the unity government deal the SSOA was allowed to pick one out of the five vice presidents. The SSOA failed to decide on a vice president,so they authorized president Salva Kiir to pick from a list of six leaders. On February 23,2020,Kiir picked Abdelbagi,making him the fifth vice president. Abdelbagi is the first Muslim Vice President of South Sudan and the highest ranking Muslim to be a part of any government in South Sudan.
Kuol D. Kuol is a former South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SPLA) general and the chief administrator of the Abyei Area since June 29,2020.
Josephine Joseph Lagu is a South Sudanese politician and the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security as of 2022. She is the daughter of Joseph Lagu.
