Ayor Makur Chuot Explained

Ayor Makur Chuot
Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Honorific-Suffix:MLC
Office:Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for North Metropolitan
Term Start:22 May 2021
Birth Date:1989 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Gambela, Ethiopia
Party:Labor
Relatives:Akec Makur Chuot (sister)
Occupation:Accountant model

Ayor Makur Chuot (born 4 August 1989)[1] was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council as a Labor Party member for North Metropolitan region at the 2021 state election,[2] and as the first WA state MP of African and South Sudanese ancestry.[3]

Prior to being elected Chuot was an accountant and international model.

Chuot and her family emigrated to Australia refugees in 2005, after her father was killed in the Second Sudanese Civil War. Prior to migrating, the family had spent ten years in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. Her sister is Akec Makur Chuot, an AFLW player for Richmond.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hon. Ayor Makur Chuot MLC. Parliament of Western Australia.
  2. Web site: Northern Metropolitan Region Results - Western Australia Election 2021 guide WA Votes. 2021-04-05. ABC News. en-AU.
  3. News: Ayor Makur Chuot will be WA's first MP of African descent — but that's just part of her story. 2021-04-05. ABC News. 4 April 2021. en-AU.
  4. News: Kruijff . Peter de . Model citizen set to become Australia's first South Sudanese MP . 6 April 2021 . WAtoday . 16 March 2021 . en.
  5. Web site: Calling out politicians who are hypocrites: Ayor Makur Chuot . .
  6. Web site: Cook Government introduces historic abortion Bill | Western Australian Government .