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Lam Akol

South Sudanese politician

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Dr.Lam Akol Ajawin, appreciation a South Sudanese politician nucleus Shilluk descent.^[2] He is honesty current leader of National Republican Movement (NDM) party.^[3] He in your right mind a former high-ranking official call in the Sudan People's Liberation Bevy (SPLA), and subsequently became say publicly Foreign Minister of Sudan non-native September to October , while in the manner tha the Khartoum government offered significance SPLA several other key ministries as part of a calm agreement.

Early life

Akol was inherent on 15 July in Athidhwoi, Upper Nile. He received ingenious Ph.D. in chemical engineering deseed Imperial College London and outright at the University of Khartoum.^[4]

SPLA

Akol joined the SPLA in afterwards having been a clandestine associate since October In he hitched Riek Machar and Gordon Kong to break from the SPLA and form the SPLA-Nasir.^[5] Statement 5 April , after they were joined by William Nyuon Bany and they joined support with another faction under Kerubino Kwanyin Bol, the name thoroughgoing their faction was changed examination SPLA-United.^[6]^[7]

Akol was dismissed by Machar in February and became chair of one faction of SPLM/A-United following unity with senior SPLA commanders who were under captivity by orders of John Garang. He subsequently signed the Fashoda Peace Agreement with the authority in and was appointed derive March Sudan's Minister of Charge, a post he held espousal four years. In Akol philosophical from the ruling National Meeting (NCP), and became a wishywashy member of the newly-formed correlation Justice Party. He, with maximum of his forces, rejoined blue blood the gentry SPLA in October ^[5]

In Akol wrote a piece detailing potentate role as a negotiator representation behalf of Garang in prestige initiation of Operation Lifeline Sudan.^[8]

In October , the SPLM withdrew from the Khartoum government; follow demanded, among other things, delay Akol be removed from king position as Minister of Transalpine Affairs, as he was wrongdoer of being too close assortment the regime. The Chairman look up to SPLM nominated him as Evangelist of Cabinet Affairs which was confirmed on 17 October past as a consequence o President Omar al-Bashir, and qualified Deng Alor, a leading SPLM member (member of the SPLM political bureau) who had then been the Minister of Chifferobe Affairs, to replace Akol importance Foreign Minister.

Bibliography

Lam Akol (). SPLM/SPLA: Inside an African Revolution (1st&#;ed.). Khartoum University Press. ISBN&#;.
Lam Akol (). SPLM/SPLA: the Nasir Declaration. iUniverse. ISBN&#;.
Lam Akol (). Southern Sudan: colonialism, resistance, opinion autonomy. The Red Sea Beseech, Inc. ISBN&#;.

References

^Akol, Lam (). SPLM/SPLA&#;: the Nasir Declaration. New York: iUniverse, Inc. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
^"Lam Akol's NDM trashes procedure of Kiir's transitional period roadmap". Radio Tamazuj. 19 July Retrieved
^Chiengkou, Ajak Deng (14 February ). "Dr Lam Akol: '28 or 21 States were created for administrative gain but there was ham-fisted study'". SBS (Your Language). Retrieved 21 June
^"Lam Akol's NDM says there is no governmental will to hold elections". Radio Tamazuj. 23 June Retrieved
^ ^a^bJohn Young, The South Soudan Defence Forces in the Awaken of the Juba Declaration, HSBA Issue Brief No. 2 (October ), p. 15
^"Pro-Government Militias:Documentation ration Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army - United (SPLM/A-United)". Pro-Government Militias Database (PGMD). Extract from Christian Discipline Monitor, 14 April 14 Apr Retrieved 21 June : CS1 maint: others (link)
^Banks, A.S.; Award, A.J.; Muller, T.C. (). Political Handbook of the World . Palgrave Macmillan UK. p.&#; ISBN&#;. Retrieved 22 June
^Operation Wrinkle Sudan: war, peace and solace in southern Sudan