After the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005, South Sudan gained autonomy from Sudan and held its first multiparty elections in 2010. The leading candidate, Salva Kiir Mayardit, was declared the first President of the newly independent South Sudan on July 9, 2011. Salva Kiir Mayardit, was born on September 13, 1951, in Akon, Warrap State, South Sudan. He belongs to the Dinka...
South Sudan’s Presidential Genesis: The First to Lead
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