Joseph Lagu | |
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| President of the High Executive Council of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region | |
| In office February 1978 – 12 July 1979 | |
| Preceded by | Abel Alier |
| Succeeded by | Peter Gatkuoth |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 26, 1929 Momokwe in Moli, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan |
| Nationality | South Sudanese |
Joseph Lagu (born 26 November 1929[1] in a hamlet called Momokwe in Moli,[2] northern region of Madiland, about 80 miles south of Juba, Sudan, currently South Sudan) is a South Sudanese military figure and politician. He belongs to the Madi ethnic group of Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan.
In May 1960 he graduated from the military college in Omdurman and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Sudanese Army and was posted to Shendi with the 10th Brigade, Northern Command.[3]
Lagu served as the second President of the High Executive Council of the autonomous region of Southern Sudan between 1978 and 1979.
- ^ "Anyanya war veteran Joseph Lagu marks 93rd birthday". Eye Radio. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ ——— (2006). Sudan Odessey through a state from Ruin to Hope. p. 21. ISBN 99942-57-00-5.
- ^ O'Ballance, Secret War in South Sudan.