The vice president of South Sudan is the second highest political position obtainable in South Sudan. Additionally, a temporary position called first vice president was created in August 2015. In 2020, a coalition agreement was reached in 2020 creating five vice presidents.[2]
First Vice President of the Republic of South Sudan | |
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Appointer | President of South Sudan |
Inaugural holder | Riek Machar |
Formation | 21 February 2020 |
Website | www |
Vice presidents (2005–2020)
editThis list contains vice presidents of Southern Sudan (2005–2011, autonomous region of Sudan) and vice presidents of the Republic of South Sudan (2011–present, independent country).
Vice presidents of the Southern Sudan autonomous region (2005–2011)
editColour key (for political parties):
Sudan People's Liberation Movement
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political affiliation | President | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
Salva Kiir Mayardit | 9 July 2005 | 30 July 2005 | 21 days | SPLM | John Garang | |||
Vacant (30 July – 11 August 2005) | Salva Kiir Mayardit | |||||||
Riek Machar | 11 August 2005 | 9 July 2011 | 5 years, 332 days | SPLM |
Vice presidents of the Republic of South Sudan (2011–2020)
editColour key (for political parties):
Sudan People's Liberation Movement
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political affiliation | President | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
Riek Machar | 9 July 2011 | 23 July 2013 | 2 years, 14 days | SPLM | Salva Kiir Mayardit | |||
Vacant (23 July – 25 August 2013) | ||||||||
James Wani Igga | 25 August 2013 | 21 February 2020[1] | 6 years, 180 days | SPLM |
First vice presidents of the Republic of South Sudan (2016–2020)
editFollowing the signing of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (ARCSS) in August 2015 a new position of 'first vice president' was established alongside the pre-existing positions of President of South Sudan and Vice President of South Sudan, with the incumbents in both these positions continuing in office.[3] Unlike the positions of president and vice president, which are permanent features of the Constitution, the office of first vice president will cease to exist following the end of the transitional period stipulated in the ARCSS unless otherwise decided in the permanent Constitution.
Colour key (for political parties):
Sudan People's Liberation Movement
Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition
Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political affiliation | President | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
Riek Machar | 26 April 2016 | 26 July 2016 | 91 days | SPLM-IO | Salva Kiir Mayardit | |||
Taban Deng Gai | 26 July 2016 | 21 February 2020[1] | 3 years, 210 days | SPLM-IO (Juba faction) |
Vice presidents in the unity government (since 2020)
editThe Revitalised Transitional Government of National Unity (RTGoNU) was formed in February 2020 and included five vice presidents.[2]
Position | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political affiliation | President | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
First | Riek Machar | 21 February 2020[1][2] | Incumbent | 4 years, 177 days | SPLM-IO | Salva Kiir Mayardit | |||
Second | James Wani Igga | 21 February 2020[1][2] | Incumbent | 4 years, 177 days | SPLM | ||||
Third | Taban Deng Gai | 21 February 2020[1][2] | Incumbent | 4 years, 177 days | SPLM-IO (Juba faction) | ||||
Fourth | Rebecca Nyandeng Garang | 21 February 2020[1][2] | Incumbent | 4 years, 177 days | SPLM (Former Detainees faction) | ||||
Fifth | Hussein Abdelbagi | 21 February 2020[1][2] | Incumbent | 4 years, 177 days | SSOA |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h "President Kiir appoint Machar FVP ahead of South Sudan new cabinet - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan". sudantribune.com. 17 May 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Salva Kiir appoints Machar as First Vice President". The East African. 5 July 2020.
- ^ "Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan" (PDF). Intergovernmental Authority on Development. 17 August 2015.