Malik Agar
Malik Agar | |
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مالك عقار | |
Blue Nile State | |
In office April 2010 – 2 September 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Nganyofa Agar Eyre Nganyofa Ingessana Hills, War in Sudan (2023–present) |
Malik Agar (
Early life
Malik Agar was born Nganyofa Agar Eyre Nganyofa to an
Second Sudanese Civil War
Agar joined the Sudanese armed opposition shortly after the beginning of the Second Sudanese Civil War in 1983.[4]
In the 1990s, he was the commander of a section of the
Agar was close to John Garang, and shared his goal of overthrowing the Government of Sudan, as opposed to fighting for the secession of South Sudan. After Garang's death, Agar, along with others who shared a desire for a revolution in Sudan, were marginalised by the new SPLM leadership. Agar expressed his disapproval of the secession of South Sudan to a US official in 2009, stating that it would cause the eventual splintering of the rest of Sudan.[4]
Post-Civil War
He was elected
In February 2011 Malik Agar also became chairman of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North, the part of the SPLM that operates in northern Sudan. The southern portion of the SPLM became a separate political party in South Sudan when the country seceded from the Republic of Sudan in July 2011.[8]
On 2 September, Agar was deposed as governor on the orders of President
In February 2012 Agar helped found the
On 2 February 2021, he was appointed as a member of the
Ideology
Agar rejects President Omar al-Bashir's vision of an Arab-Islamic state, and has argued instead for a multicultural civil democracy.[4]
References
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- ^ "SPLM celebrates victory in Blue Nile State" Archived 2010-12-24 at the Wayback Machine, Official website of the Sudan People's Liberation Moverment (accessed 21 March 2011)
- ^ "Blue Nile State". Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
- ^ "Malik Aggar to head SPLM in the north" Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, Official website of the Sudan People's Liberation Moverment (accessed 21 March 2011)
- ^ "Sudan declares emergency in Blue Nile state". Al Jazeera English. 3 September 2011. Archived from the original on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ "SRF Sudan". Archived from the original on 2020-04-13. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ "Sudan Sovereignty Council gains three new members under El Burhan". Radio Dabanga. Archived from the original on 2023-01-18. Retrieved 2023-01-19.