President of the High Executive Council of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region
In office February 1978 – 12 July 1979
Preceded by
Abel Alier
Succeeded by
Peter Gatkuoth
Personal details
Born
(1929-11-26) November 26, 1929 (age 94) Momokwe in Moli, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Nationality
South Sudanese
Joseph Lagu (born 26 November 1929[1] in a hamlet called Momokwe in Moli,[2] northern region of Madiland, about 80 miles south of Juba, Sudan, currently South Sudan) is a South Sudanese military figure and politician. He belongs to the Madi ethnic group of Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan.
In May 1960 he graduated from the military college in Omdurman and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Sudanese Army and was posted to Shendi with the 10th Brigade, Northern Command.[3]
Lagu served as the second President of the High Executive Council of the autonomous region of Southern Sudan between 1978 and 1979.
^"Anyanya war veteran Joseph Lagu marks 93rd birthday". Eye Radio. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
^——— (2006). Sudan Odessey through a state from Ruin to Hope. p. 21. ISBN 99942-57-00-5.
JosephLagu (born 26 November 1929 in a hamlet called Momokwe in Moli, northern region of Madiland, about 80 miles south of Juba, Sudan, currently South...
Josephine JosephLagu is a South Sudanese politician and the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security as of 2022. She is the daughter of JosephLagu. Josephine...
politicians and military at the residence of Joseph Oduho in Kampala on August 19. Those present included JosephLagu, George Akumbek, Julius Moroga, and Severino...
leader and fought against the Anyanya. In 1971, former army lieutenant JosephLagu carried out a successful coup d'état against Gordon Muortat with help...
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of Patrice Lumumba, who had been ousted from power in 1960 by Joseph Kasa-Vubu and Joseph-Désiré Mobutu and subsequently killed in January 1961 in Katanga...
was on the agenda. Shortly after JosephLagu had taken over power as the leader of the movement, the SSLM under Lagu, entered peace negotiations with...
war of sabotage and ambush against government forces. In August 1971, JosephLagu captured the leadership from Tafeng and became military and political...
and T-55 tanks; and BTR-40 and BTR-152 light armored vehicles. In 1971 JosephLagu, who had become the leader of southern forces opposed to Khartoum, proclaimed...
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representing the cooperative of Western Equatoria in 1978. Likewise, JosephLagu appointed Tombura as the Regional Minister of Public Works from 1978...
finally broke with the exile groups in 1971 due to disagreement with JosephLagu, commander of the Anyanya guerrilla fighters, who wanted to make the...
Barnaba Marial Benjamin Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Josephine JosephLagu Minister of Livestock and Fisheries Onyoti Adigo Nyikec Minister of Cabinet...
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became the last King of the Madi people. Years later, when General JosephLagu (general Lagu began the Anyanya movement in the fifties this makes it appear...
the Nile Provisional Government and another faction, loyal to Colonel JosephLagu who like Tafeng wanted to overthrow Muortat, and resulted in the collapse...
for the independence of South Sudanese, including the Anya Nya led by, JosephLagu and the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M), led by John...
Second Vice President Abel Alier 1972 1982 10 years SF Southern Sudan JosephLagu 1982 April 1985 3 years SANU Southern Sudan George Kongor Arop 14 February...
culture. Ptolemy I was the son of Arsinoe of Macedon by either her husband Lagus or Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander. However, the latter is...
then held several cabinet posts in the HEC under both Abel Alier and JosephLagu. Dr. Maduot is a principled human rights activist, secularist thinker...
1967 Joseph Oduho was president of the Azania Liberation Front. He finally broke with the exile groups in 1971 due to disagreement with JosephLagu, commander...
1999. Southern Sudan Liberation Movement (SSLM) was the name adopted by JosephLagu in July, 1970, when he became the undisputed leader of a collection of...
(/ˈdeɪnˌlɔː/, also known as the Danelagh; Danish: Danelagen; Old English: Dena lagu) was the part of England in which the laws of the Danes held sway and dominated...
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