Riek Machar
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first vice president of the independent Republic of South Sudan
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Vinony's link graph records 232 inbound references to Riek Machar, and connects out to South Sudan People's Defence Forces, Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition and Salva Kiir Mayardit.
Vinony files it under 1950s births, 1952 births and 21st-century South Sudanese politicians.
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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Sudan
- Place of birth
- Leer
- Spouse
- Angelina Teny
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- University of Bradford
- Political party
- Sudan People's Liberation Movement
- Conflict
- Second Sudanese Civil War
- Image
- Riek Machar VOA photo.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- date of birth
- 1953-01-01
- name in native language
- Riek Machar
- social media followers
- 24950
- Commons category
- Riek Machar
- P10632
- Riek Machar
- ethnic group
- Nuer people
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Riek Machar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.