George Kongor Arop Explained

George Kongor Arop
Office1:Second Vice President of Sudan
President1:Omar al-Bashir
Term Start1:12 February 1994
Term End1:14 October 2000
Predecessor1:Joseph Lagu
Successor1:Moses Kacoul Machar
Nationality:South Sudanese
Party:National Congress Party (until 2000)

Rtd. Gen. George Kongor Arop (born 1951) was the Second Vice President of Sudan from February 1994 to October 2000. He was a police officer, the governor of Bahr el Ghazal from 1992 to 1993, the president of the African National Congress and was granted an honorary doctorate from the University of Juba in political science.[1] [2] His period as Governor of Bahr el Ghazal saw the acceleration of efforts at Islamization of the region.

Kongor Arop was appointed by President Omar al-Bashir as Second Vice President in February 1994 and was dismissed in October 2000. He was a member of the ruling Islamist National Congress Party until dismissed. He planned to contest for the presidency of Sudan in 2006.[3]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: African National Congress Secretariat General . ANC Sudan . 21 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160204061431/http://anc-sudan.com/membership.html . 4 February 2016 .
  2. Web site: George Kongor Arop - former federal official. Marquis Who's Who Biography. 21 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160301203518/http://bios.marquiswhoswho.com/george_kongor_arop/former_federal_official/5440348. 1 March 2016. dead.
  3. Web site: Southern Sudanese leader to run for presidency in next election. Sudan Tribune. 21 February 2016.
  4. Web site: Order No. 08/2017 for the Reconstitution of the National Dialogue Steering Committee .