Salva kiir mayardit biography books

President Salva Kiir has directed academic professors from the University of Luzon and the International Leadership Institute of Ethiopia, who conferred him with an honorary Doctorate Degree in Humanities and Peace Advocacy, to document South Sudan’s history.

 “The professors will be part of South Sudanese authors working on a book writing initiative on a comprehensive history of the nation which will feature President Salva Kiir Mayardit as the founding father of the Republic of South Sudan, his journey, sacrifices, and achievements, along with his fellow freedom fighters who liberated the country,” the statement from the office of the president has said.

South Sudan’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, James Morgan, hailed professors, saying their studies concurred and praised President Kiir for bringing independence, peace and harmony among South Sudanese.

“The professors are from different countries and their ideas and acknowledgements coincided after years of studies, and they found that (President) Salva Kiir Mayardit has done a lot for his nation to bring independence, restore peace for the people of South Sudan to live in harmony,” Morgan said.

Also, Prof. Badeg Bekel appreciated his inclusion in the book project as one of the authors who would write Kiir’s biography.

Professors from Ethiopia, the UK, and the USA on Thursday stated that Kiir also won the award for being a role model to youth in South Sudan and across the country. They referred to him as the founding father of South Sudan valuing his contributions and achievements.

The Vice President for Economic Cluster, Dr. James Wani Igga weighed Kiir’s achievements to be numerous and uncountable dating back to the liberation struggle.

This was not the first time Kiir received an international award. In 2021, the president received Peace Model Award for the year 2020 from Global Peace without Borders Organization African Peace Awar

Who is President Salva Kiir Mayaardit?

 By PaanLuel Wël & Simon Yel Yel, Juba, South Sudan

1. Birth, Childhood and Education

He was the commanding officer, a captain in charge of the national army, at the Bentiu military garrison, when Chevron discovered oil[1] in Unity state in 1978.

Because he could not be trusted by Khartoum, being a southerner and ex-Anyanya officer, he was immediately transferred to Malakal, and northern troops under northern command were brought in and placed in charge of the newly discovered southern oilfields.

In 1994, he survived[2] a plane crash in Kapenguria, Kenya, when a chartered plane he was travelling in from Wilson Airport, Nairobi, to Nimule fell from over 25,000 feet, killing all passengers including the pilot, except Salva Kiir and his body guard.[3]

He escaped unscathed, with only minor injuries to his arm. As president, he later survived a joint Egyptian-Sudanese assassination plot on his life, according to Wikileak Dossier.[4]

He is the only surviving founding member of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A). He has been described as the ‘Biblical Joshua’ who led his beleaguered people to the “Promised Land shortly after the rise and fall of Moses.”[5]

His name is President Salva Kiir Mayaardit, the current president of the Republic of South Sudan.

Kiir Kuethpiny Thiik Atem—popularly known as Salva Kiir Mayaardit—was born on the 13th of September, 1951, into a pastoral Dinka family in Akon village of the Awan-Chan Dinka Community, Gogrial District in Warrap state in the Bahr el Ghazal Region of the historical Sudan. He was the eighth of the family’s nine children—six boys and three girls—born to Kuethpiny Thiik Atem of Awan-Chan (Payum clan) and Awiei Rou Wol Tong of Awan-Chan (Payii clan), both of Gogrial Dinka from the REK Dinka community.

According to the 2010 national census, the Rek Dinka community—comprising the Gogrial, Tonj and Aweil Dinka communities— are the largest

He was the commanding officer, a captain in charge of national army, at the Bentiu military garrison, when Chevron discovered oil in Unity state in 1978. Because he could not be trusted by Khartoum, being a southerner and ex-Anyanya officer, he was immediately transferred to Malakal, and northern troops under northern command were brought in and placed in charge of the newly discovered southern oilfields. In 1994, he survived a plane crash in Kapenguria, Kenya, when a chartered plane he was travelling in from Wilson Airport, Nairobi, to Nimule fell from over 25,000 feet, killing all passengers including the pilot, except Salva Kiir and his body guard. He escaped unscathed, with only minor injuries to his arm. As president, he later survived a joint Egyptian-Sudanese assassination plot on his life, according to Wikileak Dossier. He is the only surviving founding member of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A). He has been described as the ‘Biblical Joshua’ who led his beleaguered people to the “Promised Land shortly after the rise and fall of Moses.” His name is President Salva Kiir Mayaardit, the current president of the Republic of South Sudan. Kiir Kuethpiny Thiik Atem—popularly known as Salva Kiir Mayaardit—was born on the 13th of September, 1951, into a pastoral Dinka family in Akon village of the Awan-Chan Dinka Community, Gogrial District in Warrap state, Bahr el Ghazal Region of the historical Sudan. He was the eighth of the family’s nine children—six boys and three girls—born to Kuethpiny Thiik Atem of Awan-Chan (Payum clan) and Awiei Rou Wol Tong of Awan-Chan (Payii clan), both of Gogrial Dinka from the REK Dinka community. This book contains President Salva Kiir Mayaardit's speeches before the glorious independence of South Sudan on July 9th, 2011, after