Moses Kacoul Machar

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Moses Kacoul Machar
Second Vice President of Sudan
In office
February 2001 – January 2005
PresidentOmar al-Bashir
Preceded byGeorge Kongor Arop
Succeeded byAli Osman Taha
Personal details
Born1945 (age 78–79)
Pan Apaak of Yirol West, Bahr el Ghazal, Sudan
(now South Sudan)
NationalitySouth Sudanese

Prof. Moses Kacoul Machar (born 1945) was the Second Vice President of Sudan from February 2001 to January 2005.[1] In 2004, he was sent abroad for medical treatment for an unspecified illness.[2] Machar was also involved with talks with the Foreign Minister of Yemen, Abu Bakr al-Qerbi to forge a stronger relationship between the two countries.[3]

Before appointment as Vice President of Sudan, he was professor in Juba University.

In 2017 he was appointed to the South Sudanese National Dialogue steering committee.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sudan Government". History Central. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Sudan's President regrets non attendance of upcoming Arab summit". Sudan Tribune. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  3. ^ "FM meets Sudanese vice president". SABA Yemen News Agency. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Order No. 08/2017 for the Reconstitution of the National Dialogue Steering Committee" (PDF).