Salva Kiir Mayardit | |
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1st President of South Sudan | |
Assumed office 9 July 2011 | |
Vice President | Riek Machar (2011-13) James Wani Igga (2013-2016) Riek Machar (April–July 2016) Taban Deng Gai (July 2016-present) |
Preceded by | Position established (Omar al-Bashir as President of Sudan and Himself President of Southern Sudan) |
President of Southern Sudan | |
In office 30 July 2005 – 9 July 2011 Acting: 30 July 2005 – 11 August 2005 | |
Vice President | Riek Machar |
Preceded by | John Garang |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
First Vice President of Sudan | |
In office 11 August 2005 – 9 July 2011 | |
President | Omar al-Bashir |
Preceded by | John Garang |
Succeeded by | Ali Osman Taha |
Vice President of Southern Sudan | |
In office 9 July 2005 – 11 August 2005 | |
President | John Garang |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Riek Machar |
Personal details | |
Born | Bahr el Ghazal, Sudan (now South Sudan) | September 13, 1951
Political party | Sudan People's Liberation Movement |
Spouse(s) | Mary Ayen Mayardit[1] Aluel William Nyuon Bany (2014-?)[2] |
Religion | Roman Catholicism[3] |
Also known as | Kiir Kuethpiny Thiik Atem[4] |
Salva Kiir Mayardit (born 13 September 1951) is a South Sudanese politician who has been President of South Sudan since its independence in 2011. Prior to independence, he was President of the Government of Southern Sudan, as well as First Vice President of Sudan, from 2005 to 2011. Mayardit was born in Bahr el Ghazal, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.[5]