Lam Akol

Lam Akol
Chairman of the SPLM-DC
Assumed office
June 2009
Minister of Cabinet Affairs of Sudan
In office
17 October 2007 – Unknown
PresidentOmar al-Bashir
Preceded byDeng Alor
Succeeded byDr. Luka Biong
Foreign Minister of Sudan
In office
20 January 2005 – 17 October 2007
PresidentOmar al-Bashir
Preceded byMustafa Osman Ismail
Succeeded byDeng Alor
Transport Minister of Sudan
In office
March 1998 – 2002
PresidentOmar al-Bashir
Personal details
BornJuly 15, 1950 (1950-07-15) (age 74)
Athidhwoi, Upper Nile
Political partySPLM-DC (since 2009)
Other political
affiliations
National Congress (until 2002)
Justice party (2002-2003)
SPLM (2003-2009)
Alma materImperial College London
NicknameALPHA BETA[1]
Military service
Allegiance SPLA (1983-1991)
SPLA-Nasir (1991-2002)
Battles/warsSecond Sudanese Civil War

Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin, is a South Sudanese politician of Shilluk descent.[2] He is the current leader of National Democratic Movement (NDM) party.[3] He is a former high-ranking official in the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), and subsequently became the 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.

  1. ^ Akol, Lam (2003). SPLM/SPLA : the Nasir Declaration. New York: iUniverse, Inc. p. 14. 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.