The
Sudan People's Liberation Movement (
SPLM) is a
political party in
South Sudan. It was initially founded as a rebel political movement with a military wing known as the
Sudan People's Liberation Army (
SPLA). The SPLM fought in the
Second Sudanese Civil War against the
Sudanese government from 1983 to 2005. In 1989, it joined the main opposition group in Sudan, the
National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which in January 2005 signed a
Comprehensive Peace Agreement with the Sudanese government. SPLA/M has since had representatives in the
Government of Sudan, and was the main constituent of the
Government of the then semi-autonomous Southern Sudan.
South Sudan became a
sovereign state on 9 July 2011.
It was led by
John Garang until his death on 30 July 2005. It is now led by
Salva Kiir Mayardit who is also the
President of Southern Sudan and Vice President of Sudan. In 2007, Gen.
Dominic Dim Deng, a prominent General, was appointed Minister for SPLA Affairs. The first political leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Army. Gen.
Dominic Dim Deng, his wife and 21 other senior Officers, including senior SPLM official Dr. Justin Yac Arop, died in a plane incident on 2 May 2008. He was buried together with his wife, after a full state ceremony, at the SPLA General Headquarters in
Juba.
According to Mennan, 'the Dinka tribe - who formed the core leadership of the SPLA, the signatory of the CPA, dominate the Government of Southern...
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