Salva Kiir Mayardit (born 13 September 1951), [3] commonly 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.

Jan 1, 2025 · Salva Kiir Mayardit is a southern Sudanese rebel leader who in 2011 became the first president of the newly independent country of South Sudan. He had served as president of the semiautonomous region of southern Sudan while simultaneously holding the position of first vice president in the Sudanese

Nov 8, 2024 · Salva Kiir Mayardit has served as South Sudan’s president since the country’s independence in 2011. South Sudan’s secession from Sudan came on the heels of a long and bloody civil war...

Jun 21, 2018 · Salva Kiir Mayardit became the first president of Africa's newest country - South Sudan - in 2011, and within two years was presiding over a civil war that has created the...

Jan 25, 2024 · President Salva Kiir Mayardit—who assumed power in 2005 as First Vice President of Sudan and President of Southern Sudan following the tragic death of John Garang de Mabior, the man defined the...

Mar 7, 2022 · Salva Kiir Mayardit became the first President of South Sudan. The new nation has incredible potential but faces major problems: little infrastructure, food insecurity, border issues with Sudan, and, most worrying, ethnic violence.

H.E President Salva Kiir Mayardit was born on September 13, 1951 in Akon, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Kiir joined Anyanya rebels fighting for Southern independence during the First Sudanese Civil War in the late 1960s.

A founding member of the Sudan People's Liberation Army, Salva Kiir Mayardit (also known simply as Salva Kiir) is the first vice president of Sudan and president of the Autonomous Government of South Sudan. Mayardit was born in 1951 in Qoqrial (also Gogrial) Town, in southern Sudan's Bahr al-Ghazzal province.

Dec 29, 2013 · Machar accused Kiir of “dictatorial tendencies” early in December before the revolt. He said that Kiir had lost respect among the grassroots and failed to govern and develop South Sudan. He...

Salva Kiir Mayardit (born 13 September 1951) is a South Sudanese politician who has been President of South Sudan since its independence in 2011. Prior to independence, he was President of the Government of Southern Sudan, as well as First Vice President of Sudan , …