Salva Kiir Mayardit
Salva Kiir Mayardit
Salva Kiir Mayarditis 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...
NationalitySouth Sudanese
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth13 September 1951
against anger cultivated death elements emotions others pit unleashed
The death of Garang has unfortunately unleashed emotions of anger; some genuine, others cultivated by elements who wanted to pit one group of Sudanese against another.
people
The people of the Sudan expect a lot from the institution of the presidency, and we should live up to their expectations.
agreement change depart john neither nor peace route
It is neither my intention to depart from the route of John Garang nor to change the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
people serve
People should not judge me on what they hear. Let them wait and see me in action. Then they will see how I serve my people.
backbone economy main money source south
Our main source of economy is agriculture. What we should do is to use the oil money that we have today to re-fuel agriculture. And so agriculture will be the backbone of the economy of South Sudan.
allegiance
I swear allegiance to the Republic of Sudan.