Riek Machar | |
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1st & 4th First Vice President of South Sudan | |
Assumed office 21 February 2020 | |
President | Salva Kiir Mayardit |
Preceded by | Taban Deng Gai |
In office 26 April 2016 – 23 July 2016[1] | |
President | Salva Kiir Mayardit |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Taban Deng Gai |
1st Vice President of South Sudan | |
In office 9 July 2011 – 23 July 2013 | |
President | Salva Kiir Mayardit |
Preceded by | Himself as Vice President of Southern Sudan |
Succeeded by | James Wani Igga |
2nd Vice President of Southern Sudan | |
In office 11 August 2005 – 9 July 2011 | |
President | Salva Kiir Mayardit |
Preceded by | Salva Kiir Mayardit |
Succeeded by | Himself as Vice President of South Sudan |
Personal details | |
Born | Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon November 26, 1952[2] Leer, Upper Nile, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Now South Sudan) |
Nationality | South Sudanese |
Political party | Sudan People's Liberation Movement |
Other political affiliations | Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition |
Spouse(s) | Emma McCune Angelina Teny |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | University of Khartoum University of Bradford |
Nickname | SENNAR[3] |
Military service | |
Allegiance | SPLA, SPLA-Nasir, SPLA-IO |
Battles/wars | Second Sudanese Civil War South Sudanese Civil War |
Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon (born 26 November 1952) is a South Sudanese politician who has served as the First Vice President of South Sudan 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 (SPLM/A) rebel group fighting for southern independence during the Second Sudanese Civil War. Due to a rift with SPLM/A leader John Garang, Machar was ejected from the group in 1991, and founded the SPLA-Nasir splinter group. Later that year, Machar was involved in the Bor Massacre, in which his forces took part in the massacre of at least 2000 Dinka civilians. Over the next several years, Machar led several different rebel groups and militias, including the SPLA-United, the South Sudan Independence Movement/Army (SSIM/A), the South Sudan Defence Forces (SSDF) and the Sudan People's Defense Forces/Democratic Front (SPDF), before reuniting with Garang and the SPLM/A in 2002. Following the end of the Second Sudanese Civil War in 2005, Machar was made Vice President of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region with Garang's successor Salva Kiir Mayardit as President. Following the South's gaining of independence in 2011, Machar became Vice President of the independent republic of South Sudan with Kiir as President.
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