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Manasseh Magok

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Manasseh Magok
Speaker of the National Legislative Assembly
In office
August 2013 – 4 August 2016[1]
Preceded byJames Wani Igga
Succeeded byAnthony Lino Makana
Personal details
Born
Manasseh Magok Rundial
NationalitySouth Sudanese
Political partyNCP, SPLM

Manasseh Magok Rundial (born 1950[2]) is a South Sudanese politician and former speaker of National Legislative Assembly.

Magok is Nuer.[3] He joined politics in 1982, and won a Bentiu constituency seat in Southern Sudan regional assembly. After 1985 he became governor of Upper Nile State.[2] In 1990s he joined National Congress Party, but resigned in 2005.[2]

Magok served as speaker from August 2013 to 4 August 2016. During his tenure the assembly ratified the "Compromise Peace Agreement".[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Rundial Hands over as Makana Takes over Assembly Speakership". Archived from the original on 2019-03-02. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  2. ^ a b c Kuyok, Kuyok Abol (4 September 2015). South Sudan: The Notable Firsts. AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781504943468.
  3. ^ Johnson, Hilde F. (9 June 2016). South Sudan: The Untold Story from Independence to Civil War. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781786730053.
  4. ^ "South Sudanese parliament ratifies peace agreement with SPLM-IO - South Sudan | ReliefWeb". 28 January 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-16.