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SPLM Amum is appointed as Sudan’s cabinet affairs minister

December 26, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan’s President has named today seven SPLM ministers ending a two-month boycott. The SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum is appointed as cabinet affairs minister while the former FM Akol is out of the new SPLM team.

Pagan Amum
Pagan Amum
On October 17, six days after the SPLM withdrawal from the national cabinet, Bashir reshuffled his cabinet in a bid to win back southern former rebels who pulled out of the unity government. The SPLM however said it would not rejoin the government until The SPLM however said it would not rejoin the government until an agreement on the implementation of the pended issues is found.

In a series of presidential decrees issued today Sudanese president appointed, the SPLM Secretary General as minister of the cabinet affairs, while Deng Alor is appointed as foreign minister.

However, the former foreign minister Lam Akol, who had been appointed as cabinet affairs minister on 17 October, is excluded from the today appointed ministers confirming his disgrace within the SPLM.

Also, Telar Ring Deng and Aleu Ayieny Aleu, are not among the appointed officials. Both were sacked from the membership of the SPLM’s political bureau and the national assembly as well as the SPLM’s membership in general as of 1 December.

The Full list of SPLM appointed ministers

A) Presidential Advisors:
– Mansour Khalid
– Andraw Makro
– William Ajack Deng

B) Ministers:
– Pagan Amum, Minister of Cabinet Affairs
– Deng Alor, Minister of Foreign Affairs
– James Kock Rona, Minister of Foreign Trade
– Philip Thon, Minister of Roads and transport
– Kosta Manibi, Minister of investment
– Harun Run Lual, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs
– George Bornek, Minister of Higher Education

C) State Ministers:
– Lual Ashwel Lual, minister of state at the presidency
– Abbas Juma Aboeidallah, Mnister of state at the Ministry of Interior.
– Week Mamyr Kwal, Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice.
– Aboch Kwojock Akwo, Minister of state at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
– Bol Mirial Dok, Minister of state at the Ministry of Industry
– Ismail Khamis Jallab, Minister of state at the Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries.

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