Riek Machar
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first vice president of the independent Republic of South Sudan
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- Works
- 2
Top works
- State building and development in South Sudan
- State building and development in South Sudan
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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relaxation by mutual cancellation of dipole–dipole coupling and chemical shift anisotropy indicates an avenue to NMR structures of very large biological macromolecules in solution
· 1997 · cited 2,228x
- 3D structure of Alzheimer's amyloid-β(1–42) fibrils
· 2005 · cited 1,886x
- In vivo demonstration that α-synuclein oligomers are toxic
· 2011 · cited 1,404x
- Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes: A Meta-Analytic Review
· 2006 · cited 1,172x
- NMR structure of the mouse prion protein domain PrP(121–231)
· 1996 · cited 1,077x
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Key facts
- President
- Salva Kiir Mayardit
- Preceded by
- Taban Deng Gai
- Succeeded by
- Taban Deng Gai
- Born
- Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon , ( 1952-11-26 ) 26 November 1952 (age 73) , Leer , Upper Nile , Anglo-Egyptian Sudan , (now South Sudan )
- Party
- Sudan People's Liberation Movement
- Other political affiliations
- Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition
- Spouse s
- Emma McCune ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1991 ; died 1993 ) , Angelina Teny
- Alma mater
- University of Khartoum , University of Bradford
- Nickname
- SENNAR
- Allegiance
- SPLA, SPLA-Nasir , SPLA-IO
- Battles wars
- Second Sudanese Civil War , South Sudanese Civil War
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Encyclopedic overview
Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon (born 26 November 1952) is a South Sudanese politician who has served as the vice president of South Sudan on several occasions, most recently as the first vice president, since 2020.
A member of the Nuer ethnic group, Machar earned degrees in engineering from Khartoum University and the University of Bradford. In 1984, he joined the Sudanese People's Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M) rebel group fighting for southern independence during the Second Sudanese Civil War.
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