Pagan Amum

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Pagan Amum (full name Pagan Amum Okech ) (*? In Malakal ) is the Secretary General of the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) in Sudan and diplomatic advisor to Salva Kiir , the President of the Autonomous Region of South Sudan .

He was born in Malakal , is a member of the Shilluk and before 1998 was the commander of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) for the Eastern Equatoria region .

He was instrumental in the peace negotiations with the Sudanese government in Khartoum , which ended the war of civil secession in South Sudan in 2005.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ " Who is Who " ( Memento from September 27, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) on www.sudan.net
  2. " Sudan's SPLM will not be disappointed if southerners choose unity " , www.sudantribune.com, February 21, 2007 (Eng.)