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Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon (born 1953) is a South Sudanese politician who had been Vice President of South Sudan from its independence in 2011 until his dismissal in 2013. Machar obtained a PhD in mechanical engineering in 1984 and then joined the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005). Riek fell out with the SPLM/A leader John Garang in 1991 and formed a splinter group, the SPLM/A-Nasir. In 1997 Riek made a treaty with the Government of Sudan and become head of the government-backed South Sudan Defense Force (SSDF). In 2000 he left the SSDF and formed a new militia, the Sudan People's Defense Forces/Democratic Front (SPDF), and in 2002 rejoined the SPLA as a senior commander. After the death of John Garang in July 2005, Riek M

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  • Riek Machar
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  • Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon (born 1953) is a South Sudanese politician who had been Vice President of South Sudan from its independence in 2011 until his dismissal in 2013. Machar obtained a PhD in mechanical engineering in 1984 and then joined the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005). Riek fell out with the SPLM/A leader John Garang in 1991 and formed a splinter group, the SPLM/A-Nasir. In 1997 Riek made a treaty with the Government of Sudan and become head of the government-backed South Sudan Defense Force (SSDF). In 2000 he left the SSDF and formed a new militia, the Sudan People's Defense Forces/Democratic Front (SPDF), and in 2002 rejoined the SPLA as a senior commander. After the death of John Garang in July 2005, Riek M
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Office
  • Vice President of South Sudan
  • Vice President of Southern Sudan
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term start
  • 2005-08-11(xsd:date)
  • 2011-07-09(xsd:date)
Birth Date
  • 1953(xsd:integer)
Spouse
Nickname
  • SENNAR
Name
  • Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon
President
Party
Birth Place
  • Leer, Unity State, South Sudan
term end
  • 2011-07-09(xsd:date)
  • 2013-07-23(xsd:date)
Allegiance
  • SPLA, SPLA-Nasir
Successor
honorific prefix
  • Dr.
Nationality
  • South Sudan
Predecessor
abstract
  • Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon (born 1953) is a South Sudanese politician who had been Vice President of South Sudan from its independence in 2011 until his dismissal in 2013. Machar obtained a PhD in mechanical engineering in 1984 and then joined the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005). Riek fell out with the SPLM/A leader John Garang in 1991 and formed a splinter group, the SPLM/A-Nasir. In 1997 Riek made a treaty with the Government of Sudan and become head of the government-backed South Sudan Defense Force (SSDF). In 2000 he left the SSDF and formed a new militia, the Sudan People's Defense Forces/Democratic Front (SPDF), and in 2002 rejoined the SPLA as a senior commander. After the death of John Garang in July 2005, Riek Machar became vice-president of the autonomous Southern Sudan. He became vice-president of South Sudan on 9 July 2011 when the country became independent, but was dismissed from office by President Salva Kiir Mayardit on 23 July 2013.
is Successor of
is vicepresident of
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