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Salva Kiir Mayardit

Military · Person of interest · PEP · Politician

Salva Kiir Mayardit is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Salva Kiir · Salva Kiir Mayardit · Salva Kir Mayardit · Salva Kīrs Majardits · Σάλβα Κιίρ Μαγιαρντίτ · 13 more...				[sources]
Alias	Salva Kiir Mayar Dit · Salva Kiir Maydrit · Σάλβα Κίιρ Μαγιαρντίτ · Киир, Салва · Салва Киир Маярдит · 13 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Kiir · Mayardit · سلفاكير · 萨尔瓦·基尔				[sources]
Birth date	1951-09-13				[sources]
Place of birth	Bahr el Ghazal				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	South Sudan				[sources]
Citizenship	Sudan · South Sudan				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
Political association	Sudan People's Liberation Movement				[sources]
Summary	[193] Organization of African First Ladies for Development, “South Sudan,” available at: https://oaflad.org/en/members/south-sudan/ (last accessed May 17, 2024). ; [80] South Sudan Ministry of Justice, Board Member Resolution of Conex Real Estate Co. Ltd., November 2, 2015. ; [37] South Sudan Ministry of Justice, Board of Directors Resolution of Yallouris Construction Limited, August 11, 2014. ; [14] South Sudan Ministry of Justice, Special Resolution of Conex Energy Co. Ltd, November 26, 2013. ; [206] Michelle Kendler-Kretsch and Anrike Visser, “Baby on Board! How Kleptocrats and Associates Use Family Members to Evade Sanctions,” Just Security, September 19, 2023, available at: https://www.justsecurity.org/88369/baby-on-board-how-kleptocrats-and-associates-use-family-members-to-evade-sanctions/				[sources]
Title	His Excellency				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q57315				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Minister of Cabinet Affairs (2018-2019) · Minister of Health of South Sudan (2015-2015) · Minister of Higher Education (2011-2011) · Minister of Higher Education (2017-2017) · Minister of Higher Education (2017-2018) · 7 more...				[sources]
Religion	Catholicism				[sources]
Ethnicity	Dinka people				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-25	Last processed	2026-04-27	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

President of South Sudan since 2011

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Adut Salva Kiir Mayardit Person of interest · Close Associate	Father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Higher Education	2017	2018

Data sources

US CIA World Leaders10,960

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

The Sentry Atlas397

Networks of people, companies and assets linked to violent conflict, repression, and kleptocracy.

Sentry · non-official source

UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,069

The UN's list of senior government officials in all of its member states.

DGACM

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons289,950

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories357,210

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata343,259

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,160

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: unprot-780f508c16e565bda0b69bdac49c064d3165a2dc · us-cia-south-sudan-salva-kiir-mayardit-president · unprot-eb18223bcd2eb0e3aeca8bba302150c3441cd3dc · unprot-6641344d2f065b7cdbd730915a9c75b4c248027a · sentry-92972576-5cd1-5394-7b22-11bb20a8971a

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