Gordon Muortat Mayen

Gordon Muortat Mayen
Gordon Muortat in a police uniform
Personal details
Born1922
Karagok (near Rumbek), Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, (Now South Sudan)
DiedApril 12, 2008 (aged 85–86)
Rumbek, Sudan
OccupationPolitician & Freedom Fighter

Gordon Muortat Mayen Maborjok (1922–2008) was a Sudanese revolutionary and politician and advocate for Southern Sudan's independence. He was the President of the Nile Provisional Government (NPG) which led the Anyanya during the First Sudanese Civil War. Muortat also served as Vice-President of the Southern Front (SF) and Foreign Minister in the Southern Sudan Provisional Government (SSPG).[1]

  1. ^ Robert S. Kramer; Richard A. Lobban Jr.; Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Sudan. Scarecrow Press.