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'''Kuol Manyang''' is a
== Biography ==
Kuol is also from [[Dinka]] [[Bor, South Sudan|Bor]] of South Sudan. He was born in 1945 in [[Mathiang, South Sudan|Mathiang]] village, located about 25 kilometers northeast of [[Bor, South Sudan|Bor]] town, capital of Jonglei state. He comes from Pathuyith clan, a well-known warrior section in Dinka Bor from Agok lineage. He pursued elementary and intermediate education in Malakal before going to Khartoum Vocational Training Centre, where he was awarded a diploma in engineering, earning him employment in Wed Madeni, Gezira state, in central Sudan, as a vocational inspector at the center. He later went to East Germany for studies at one of the technical institutes in Magdeburg for two years, 1978–77, where he earned another diploma in engineering. Juuk was appointed instructor at a vocational training centre in Wau in 1977 following his return from East Germany. He later moved to Juba in 1978 where he worked as deputy manager at the Multipurpose Training Centre (MTC) until December 1983 when he decided to rebel against the Sudanese government and joined the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM).<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://radiotamazuj.org/en/article/who%E2%80%99s-who-splm-juba-faction-kuol-manyang-juuk|title = Who’s who of the SPLM-Juba faction: Kuol Manyang Juuk|date = 2014-08-22|work = Radio Tamazuj|access-date = 2015-10-16|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141010233447/https://radiotamazuj.org/en/article/who%E2%80%99s-who-splm-juba-faction-kuol-manyang-juuk|archive-date = 2014-10-10|url-status = dead}}</ref>
Kuol is from [[Dinka]] [[Bor, South Sudan|Bor]] of Southern Sudan. He is one of the tallest members in The SPLA commanders. Mr. Kuol is known in Southern Sudan as anti-corruption and development oriented official. He is one of the architect of fairness throughout the liberation struggle and areas of his direct control. Previous to becoming governor of Jonglei, he was Minister of Roads and Transport in the government of National Unity of Sudan. At a party congress at [[Bor, South Sudan|Bor]], Kuol was reappointed chairman of the [[Sudan People's Liberation Movement]] in Jonglei state, and Deputy Governor Hussein Maar Nyuot deputy chair.<ref>Philip Thon Aleu, [http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article26942 "SPLM Jonglei state congress starts, leaders go unopposed"], ''Sudan Tribune'' published 29 April 2008 (accessed 15 December 2010)</ref> A priority for Kuol has been achieving civil order through disarming the various armed groups in South Sudan; sources credit Kuol with being the primary force for that country's disarmament campaign carried out from June through November 2008.<ref>Adam O'Brien, [http://www.smallarmssurveysudan.org/pdfs/HSBA-SWP-16-South-Sudan-Civilian-Disarmament-Campaign.pdf ''Shots in the Dark: The 2008 South Sudan Civilian Disarmament Campaign''], January 2009. Small Arms Survey, Sudan Working Paper No. 16, p. 17</ref>▼
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Kuol Manyang continued to serve as Jonglei governor until he was appointed in 2013 as minister of defense. Besides holding this position, he remains the head of the SPLM branch office in Jonglei and continues to hold membership in the SPLM Political Bureau.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://radiotamazuj.org/en/article/who%E2%80%99s-who-splm-juba-faction-kuol-manyang-juuk|title = Who’s who of the SPLM-Juba faction: Kuol Manyang Juuk|date = 2014-08-22|work = Radio Tamazuj|access-date = 2015-10-16|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141010233447/https://radiotamazuj.org/en/article/who%E2%80%99s-who-splm-juba-faction-kuol-manyang-juuk|archive-date = 2014-10-10|url-status = dead}}</ref> He was sanctioned by the [[United States]] on December 16, 2019, for allegedly fomenting conflict in [[South Sudan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/puts-south-sudan-ministers-sanctions-list-191216165451287.html|title=US puts two South Sudan ministers on sanctions list|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=2019-12-16}}</ref>
== Military career ==
Commander Kuol Manyang was one of the
#Cdr Dr. [[John Garang]],
#Cdr [[Kerubino Kuanyin Bol]]
#Cdr [[William Nyuon Bany]]
#Cdr
#Cdr [[Salva Kiir Mayardit]]
#Cdr [[Arok Thon Arok]]
#Cdr Nyacigak Nyaculuk
#Cdr John Kualang
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* Jonglei State SPLM/A Chairmanship
* High Executive Council
* Current minister of defence and veteran affair
== References ==
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He was appointed Minister of Defense and veteran affairs in 2013 after the South Sudan president dissolve the entire cabinet.
By Bol Mayot Mathiang Agot
==External links==
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