Lam Akol

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Lam Akol
Chairman of the
Deng Alor
Transport Minister of Sudan
In office
March 1998 – 2002
PresidentOmar al-Bashir
Personal details
BornJuly 15, 1950 (1950-07-15) (age 73)
Athidhwoi,
SPLA (1983-1991)
SPLA-Nasir (1991-2002)
Battles/warsSecond Sudanese Civil War

Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin, is a

Foreign Minister of Sudan
from September 2005 to October 2007, when the Khartoum government offered the SPLA several other key ministries as part of a peace agreement.

Early life

Akol was born on 15 July 1950 in Athidhwoi,

Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Imperial College London and taught at the University of Khartoum.[4]

SPLA

Akol joined the SPLA in 1986 after having been a clandestine member since October 1983. In 1991 he joined

SPLA-United.[6][7]

Akol was dismissed by Machar in February 1994 and became chairman of one faction of SPLM/A-United following unity with senior SPLA commanders who were under detention by orders of

National Congress (NCP), and became a key member of the newly-formed opposition Justice Party. He, with most of his forces, rejoined the SPLA in October 2003.[5]

In 2005 Akol wrote a piece detailing his role as a negotiator on behalf of Garang in the initiation of Operation Lifeline Sudan.[8]

In October 2007, the SPLM withdrew from the Khartoum government; it demanded, among other things, that Akol be removed from his position as Minister of Foreign Affairs, as he was accused of being too close to the regime. The Chairman of SPLM nominated him as Minister of Cabinet Affairs which was confirmed on 17 October by President

Deng Alor
, a leading SPLM member (member of the SPLM political bureau) who had previously been the Minister of Cabinet Affairs, to replace Akol as Foreign Minister.

Bibliography

  • Lam Akol (2001). SPLM/SPLA: Inside an African Revolution (1st ed.). Khartoum University Press.
    ISBN 978-99942-990-6-5
    .
  • Lam Akol (2003). SPLM/SPLA: the Nasir Declaration. iUniverse.
    ISBN 0-595-28459-0
    .
  • Lam Akol (2007). Southern Sudan: colonialism, resistance, and autonomy. The Red Sea Press, Inc.
    ISBN 978-1-56902-264-1
    .

References

  1. ISBN 0595284590
    .
  2. ^ "Lam Akol's NDM trashes procedure of Kiir's transitional period roadmap". Radio Tamazuj. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  3. ^ Chiengkou, Ajak Deng (14 February 2016). "Dr Lam Akol: '28 or 21 States were created for political gain but there was no study'". SBS (Your Language). Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Lam Akol's NDM says there is no political will to hold elections". Radio Tamazuj. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  5. ^ a b John Young, The South Sudan Defence Forces in the Wake of the Juba Declaration, HSBA Issue Brief No. 2 (October 2006), p. 15
  6. Christian Science Monitor, 14 April 1993. 14 April 1993. Retrieved 21 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link
    )
  7. ISBN 978-1-349-14951-3
    . Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  8. ^ Operation Lifeline Sudan: war, peace and relief in southern Sudan
  • AKOL, Lam International Who's Who. accessed 3 September 2006.

Further reading

Preceded by Foreign Minister of Republic of Sudan
2005–2007 		Succeeded by
Deng Alor
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