Abel Alier Kwai was born on June 23,1933 and is a South Sudanese politician and judge who served as First Vice President of Sudan between 1971 and 1982 and as President of the High Executive Council of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region between 1972 and 1978.
13 Facts About Abel Alier
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Abel Alier was a politician who managed to complete his college education among many Southern Sudanese.
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Abel Alier is an internationally respected judge, human-rights lawyer and activist on behalf of Christians in the Sudan.
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Abel Alier sits on the Permanent Court of International Arbitration in The Hague and is recognized as Sudan's most prominent Christian lawyer.
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Abel Alier attended the renowned Rumbek Secondary School, which educated many South Sudanese leaders.
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Abel Alier attended the Wad Saina School in northern Sudan.
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Abel Alier graduated from Law School of University of Khartoum and had his own law firm prior to his appointment as magistrate, becoming the first Sudanese judge of southern origin.
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Abel Alier was active in the Southern Front since its foundation in 1964 and was in of its representatives at the Round Table Conference in 1965.
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Abel Alier was elected to the National Parliament from 1968 to 1969 for Bor South constituency.
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Abel Alier subsequently held several ministerial positions in the Sudanese government.
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Abel Alier was instrumental in the creation of the 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement which permitted southern Sudan to have its own autonomous government based out of Juba.
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Abel Alier became a Vice President of Sudan under Gaafar Nimeiry.
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Abel Alier's book was about such agreements and the failure to implement them.