Negotiating Peace in Sudan
John Garang de Mabior
Friday, 03 Sep 2004 at 3:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union
John Garang de Mabior is chairman of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement(SPLM) and Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), He will provide a detailed analysis of the peace protocols that have been negotiated between the SPLM and the government of Sudan over the past 2 years. He will also provide his insights into the current situation in Darfur and its implications for the overall peace process. Dr. Garang received his doctorate in economics from Iowa State University in 1981.Presenter: JOHN GARANG
Additional Biography: John Garang de Mabior was born in Southern Sudan in June 1945.He moved to USA and earned a Bachelor of Science in 1971 from Grinnell College, and a doctorate from Iowa State University in 1981. In the same year he was awarded the Gamma Sigma Honor Award for significant contributions to agricultural science. He has completed considerable research in the area of economic development in Southern Sudan. He previously served as Deputy Director of Military Research Branch in the Sudan Army General headquarters in Khartoum. The Sudanese civil war between the mainly Christian and animist south and the Muslim north claimed more than two million lives since it began in 1983. CURRICULUM VITAE OF DR JOHN GARANG Name: Dr. John Garang de Mabior. Title : Chairman, SPLM, and Commander-in-Chief, SPLA. Born: 23 June 1945, in Buk Village of Wangkulei Payam, Bor County, New Sudan. Tonj Elementary School: 1953-57. Bussere Intermediate School: 1957-1961. Rumbek Senior Secondary School, Sudan: 1961-62. Magamba Senior Secondary School, Tanzania: 1964-65. Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa (USA): 1965-69, B.A., Economics. Thomas J. Watson Fellowship Award, 1969. University of Dar es Salaam Research Fellow, 1969 (under the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship). After completing research at Dar es Salaam, opted to join the Anyanya guerrillas (1970) instead of going to the University of California, Berkeley, that had granted him a Booth Fellowship for graduate studies beginning Fall of 1970 - and fought for two years with the Anyanya guerrillas. Absorbed into the Sudanese Army from the guerrilla army with the rank of Captain as a result of the 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement, and became a career soldier in the Sudanese Army (1972-83). Diploma, Infantry Officers Advanced Course (IOAC-7-74), United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning Georgia, 1974-75. Instructor, Sudan Military Academy, 1975-76. Commander, Battalion 105, Bor, 1976-77 (this Battalion became the nucleus of the SPLA in 1983). Study leave (1977-1981), while remaining in the Sudanese Army. M.A. Agricultural Economics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa: 1979. Ph.D., Economics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa: 1981. Promoted full Colonel, and appointed Deputy Director of Military Research, Army GHQ: 1982-83. Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, University of Khartoum, 1982-83, while in active army service. Founding member of SPLM/SPLA, May 1983. Chairman and Commander-in-Chief, SPLM/SPLA: 1983 - to the present.
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