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In May 7, 2025, Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin was appointed as the minister of Transport from the [[South Sudan Opposition Alliance]] (SSOA) coalition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kiir names Dr. Lam Akol Transport Minister in cabinet reshuffle|url=https://www.eyeradio.org/kiir-names-dr-lam-akol-transport-minister-in-cabinet-reshuffle/ |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=Eye Radio|date=8 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> | In May 7, 2025, Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin was appointed as the minister of Transport from the [[South Sudan Opposition Alliance]] (SSOA) coalition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kiir names Dr. Lam Akol Transport Minister in cabinet reshuffle|url=https://www.eyeradio.org/kiir-names-dr-lam-akol-transport-minister-in-cabinet-reshuffle/ |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=Eye Radio|date=8 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
==International Forum== | |||
On 20 June 2025, Akol questioned the membership of an African Country to be one of the Permanent Members of the [[United Nations Security Council|UNSC]] during the [[Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum|SPIEF]] event.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2025-06-22 |date=20 June 2025 |language=en |title=WHY CAN’T AFRICA HAVE A PERMANENT SEAT IN UNSC – LAM AKOL QUESTIONS RUSSIA - Ministry of Information, Communication Technology and Postal Services | |||
|url=https://mictps.gov.ss/why-cant-africa-have-a-permanent-seat-in-unsc-lam-akol-questions-russia/ |website=mictps}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2025-06-22 |date=20 June 2025 |language=en |title=Lam Akol to Russia: Why can't Africa have permanent seat at UNSC? - Sudans Post | |||
|url=https://www.sudanspost.com/lam-akol-to-russia-why-cant-africa-have-permanent-seat-at-unsc/ |website=Sudans Post}}</ref> | |||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
Latest revision as of 07:52, 25 June 2025
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Lam Akol Ajawin, is a South Sudanese politician of Shilluk descent.[1] He is the current leader of National Democratic Movement (NDM) party.[2] He is a former high-ranking official in the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), and subsequently became the Foreign Minister of Sudan from September 2005 to October 2007, when the Khartoum government offered the SPLA several other key ministries as part of a peace agreement.
Early life
Akol was born on 15 July 1950 in Athidhwoi, Upper Nile. He received a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Imperial College London and taught at the University of Khartoum.[3]
SPLA
Akol joined the SPLA in 1986 after having been a clandestine member since October 1983. In 1991 he joined Riek Machar and Gordon Kong to break from the SPLA and form the SPLA-Nasir.[4] On 5 April 1993, after they were joined by William Nyuon Bany and they joined forces with another faction under Kerubino Kwanyin Bol, the name of their faction was changed to SPLA-United.[5][6]
Akol was dismissed by Machar in February 1994 and became chairman of one faction of SPLM/A-United following unity with senior SPLA commanders who were under detention by orders of John Garang. He subsequently signed the Fashoda Peace Agreement with the government in 1997 and was appointed in March 1998 Sudan's Minister of Transportation, a post he held for four years. In 2002 Akol resigned from the ruling National Congress (NCP), and became a key member of the newly-formed opposition Justice Party. He, with most of his forces, rejoined the SPLA in October 2003.[4]
In 2005 Akol wrote a piece detailing his role as a negotiator on behalf of Garang in the initiation of Operation Lifeline Sudan.[7]
In October 2007, the SPLM withdrew from the Khartoum government; it demanded, among other things, that Akol be removed from his position as Minister of Foreign Affairs, as he was accused of being too close to the regime. The Chairman of SPLM nominated him as Minister of Cabinet Affairs which was confirmed on 17 October by President Omar al-Bashir, and appointed Deng Alor, a leading SPLM member (member of the SPLM political bureau) who had previously been the Minister of Cabinet Affairs, to replace Akol as Foreign Minister.
In May 7, 2025, Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin was appointed as the minister of Transport from the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) coalition.[8]
International Forum
On 20 June 2025, Akol questioned the membership of an African Country to be one of the Permanent Members of the UNSC during the SPIEF event.[9][10]
Bibliography
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References
- AKOL, Lam International Who's Who.
- Kiir names Dr. Lam Akol Transport Minister in cabinet reshuffle
Further reading
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- ↑ a b John Young, The South Sudan Defence Forces in the Wake of the Juba Declaration, HSBA Issue Brief No. 2 (October 2006), p. 15
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- 1950 births
- Living people
- People from Upper Nile (state)
- Second Sudanese Civil War
- Alumni of Imperial College London
- University of Khartoum alumni
- Foreign ministers of Sudan
- Transport ministers of Sudan
- Cabinet affairs ministers of Sudan
- Sudan People's Liberation Movement politicians
- Academic staff of the University of Khartoum
- SPLM/SPLA Political-Military High Command
- 21st-century Sudanese diplomats