1922 Karagok (near Rumbek), Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, (Now South Sudan)
Died
April 12, 2008 (aged 85–86) Rumbek, Sudan
Occupation
Politician & Freedom Fighter
Gordon Muortat Mayen Maborjok (1922–2008) was a South Sudanese veteran politician and an advocate for the rights and freedom of the South Sudanese people. He was the President of the Nile Provisional Government (NPG) which led the Anyanya; Southern Sudan's first armed resistance to Khartoum which started in 1955. Muortat also served as Vice-President of the Southern Front (SF) and Foreign Minister in the Southern Sudan Provisional Government (SSPG).[1]
^Robert S. Kramer; Richard A. Lobban Jr.; Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Sudan. Scarecrow Press.
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