Pagan Amum Okech

Politician

1958 –

89

Who is Pagan Amum Okech?

Pagan Amum Okiech is the current Secretary General of South Sudan's ruling political party, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, a position to which he was elected by the National Liberation Council. He is also South Sudan's Chief Negotiator with Sudan on post independence issues. He is the highest-ranking member of the Shilluk ethnic group in the Government of South Sudan. He served as the Minister for Peace and CPA Implementation in the Government of Southern Sudan, prior to independence in 2011 and as the caretaker Minister of Peace in the first government post independence, taking office on 23 July 2011.

Amum was born in a small post known as Wat in row Luo Nuer area on 3 January 1959. His father was a non-commissioned post officer responsible for the Wat post. His family moved to Malakal after his grandfather, chief of the Ubuar people, died and Amum's father was asked to take over the role. His father went from being a clan chief to later being paramount chief and president of the court. Amum's father was also a farmer who used modernized farm methods that greatly oppressed Amum who realised that South Sudan had great agricultural potential.

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1958

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on July 23, 2013

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