Joseph Lagu
Joseph Lagu | |
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President of the High Executive Council of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region | |
In office February 1978 – 12 July 1979 | |
Preceded by | Abel Alier |
Succeeded by | Peter Gatkuoth |
Personal details | |
Born | Momokwe in Moli, South Sudanese | November 26, 1929
Joseph Lagu (born 26 November 1929
In May 1960 he graduated from the military college in
Lagu served as the second President of the High Executive Council of the autonomous region of Southern Sudan between 1978 and 1979.
Civil War
On 4 June 1963 he defected from the Army and joined the southern Sudanese resistance movement against the Government of Sudan. In September 1963, he founded Anyanya, the military wing of the resistance movement, named after a deadly poison. Anyanya reinvigorated the movement that erupted on 18 August 1955[4] and continued the fight against the Sudanese government in the First Sudanese Civil War, which after the mutiny of 1955, really actively began in 1963.[5] Among Joseph Lagu's junior officers in Anyanya was John Garang who was recruited in October 1970 and was later to become the chief architect of the second civil war.
During the civil war, Lago established contact with
Peace process
The war ended in 1972, after
Public life
After leaving military service he entered political life. He was elected by popular vote to the Presidency of the High Executive Council of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region in 1978 and in 1982 was appointed 2nd Vice President of the Republic.
In 1985 when Nimeiry's government was toppled by his defence minister, Gen.
In 2006 he completed writing his memoirs—Sudan Odyssey Through a State from Ruin to Hope.[8]
References
- ^ "Anyanya war veteran Joseph Lagu marks 93rd birthday". Eye Radio. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ISBN 99942-57-00-5.
- ^ O'Ballance, Secret War in South Sudan.
- ^ "Chronology".
- Journal of African History, 2011.
- ^ "South Sudan and Israel: A love affair in a changing region?". Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
- ^ "Table of Contents for Lords Hansard of 21 Nov 1996".
- ^ Sudan Vision Daily Archived 2006-11-18 at the Wayback Machine