Salva Kiir Mayardit

Quick Facts

Full Name	Salva Kiir Mayardit
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Sep 13, 1951(1951-09-13)
Age	73
Birthplace	Gogrial
Country	South Sudan
Birth City	Warrap
Horoscope	Virgo

Salva Kiir Mayardit Biography

Salva Kiir Mayardit is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on September 13, 1951 in Gogrial, Warrap, South Sudan. The leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement who took over as Presidency of South Sudan in 2011. He was also the first Vice President for Sudan from 2005 until 2011.

The President succeeded John Garang as Southern Sudan’s President Southern Sudan after his untimely death in 2005.

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, from 2005 to 2011.

In the late 1960s, Kiir joined the Anyanya battalion in the First Sudanese Civil War. By the time of the 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement, he was a low-ranking officer. In 1983, when Dr John Garang joined an army mutiny he had been sent to put down, Kiir and other Southern leaders joined the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) in the second civil war. Dr. Garang De Mabior had advanced military knowledge and experience from both the United States and the Sudan, and Kiir served as his deputy. In 1997, Kiir commanded the SPLA troops that took part in Operation Thunderbolt, a very successful rebel offensive during which most of Western Equatoria was captured by the SPLA. Kiir eventually rose to head the SPLA, the SPLM’s military wing when Dr. John Garang was killed in a helicopter crash. Rumours to remove Kiir from his post as SPLA Chief of Staff in 2004 nearly caused the organization to split.

He was wed with Mary Ayen Mayardit.

Salva Kiir Mayardit Net Worth

Salva Kiir Mayardit is one of the richest Politician from South Sudan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Salva Kiir Mayardit 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He fought alongside the rebel army during the First Sudanese Civil War.

He was also vice president of Sudan from 2005 until 2011.

Kiir was born in 1951 into a pastoral Dinka family in the village of Akon in the Awan-Chan Dinka community in Gogrial County, in the historical Warrap state, South Sudan , as the eighth of nine children (six boys and three girls) in the family. His father, Kuethpiny Thiik Atem (d. 2007), was a cattle herder who belongs to the Payum clan. Atem had three wives, Awiei Rou Wol, Adut Makuei Piol and Awien Akoon Deng, along with 16 children. Mayaardit’s mother, Awiei Rou Wol Tong was a farmer, who belongs to the Payii clan.

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Who is Salva Kiir Mayardit Dating?

According to our records, Salva Kiir Mayardit married to Mary Ayen Mayardit. As of December 1, 2023, Salva Kiir Mayardit’s is not dating anyone.

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On 20 December 2011, Kiir visited Israel to thank it for its support during the First Sudanese Civil War from 1956 to 1972, and met with Israeli president Shimon Peres to discuss establishing an embassy in Jerusalem, which would make South Sudan the only country to have one in that city.

Facts & Trivia

Salva Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Sudan. Salva Kiir Mayardit celebrates birthday on September 13 of every year.

South Sudanese voted overwhelmingly in favour of independence from Sudan in January 2011, with 98.83% of voters reportedly preferring to split from the North. On 9 July 2011, South Sudan became an independent state, with Kiir as its first president. Kiir positioned himself as a reformer, using his inaugural address to call for the South Sudanese people “to forgive, though we shall not forget” injustices at the hands of the northern Sudanese over the preceding decades and announce a general amnesty for South Sudanese groups that had warred against the SPLM in the past. A few weeks later, he publicly addressed members of the military and police to warn them that rape, torture, and other human rights violations carried out by armed personnel would be considered criminal acts and prosecuted aggressively by the Ministry of Justice. His presidency was characterized as a period of reconstruction, albeit one marred by with internal and foreign disputes. Among these were the Heglig Crisis, which caused a border war with Sudan, and an internal political crisis in which attempts were made to overthrow him.

What did Salva Kiir do?

In the late-1960s, the teenage Kiir joined a southern separatist rebel group and entered the First Sudanese Civil War (1955-1972). He became a first lieutenant and, when the war ended in 1972, he was integrated into the Sudanese army.

How old is Salva Kiir?

70 years (September 13, 1951)

Is Salva Kiir education?

Salva Kiir was born on 13th September 1951 in the Bahr-el-Ghazal region of northwestern South Sudan. He is of the Dinka tribe, the largest in South Sudan. Looking at his educational qualification, he is a graduate of the Sudan Military College.

Where was Salva Kiir Mayardit born?

Gogrial, South Sudan

Who is the first lady of South Sudan?

Mary Ayen Mayardit, First Lady of South Sudan and wife of President H.E. Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit, co-hosted the handover ceremony on the China-aided project for anti COVID-19 medical supplies to South Sudan.