George Kongor Arop
Second Vice President of Sudan
In office
12 February 1994 – 14 October 2000
PresidentOmar al-Bashir
Preceded byJoseph Lagu
Succeeded byMoses Kacoul Machar
Personal details
Born1951 (age 72–73)
NationalitySouth Sudanese
Political partyNational Congress Party (until 2000)

Rtd. Gen. George Kongor Arop (born 1951) was the Second Vice President of Sudan from February 1994 to October 2000. He was a police officer, the governor of Bahr el Ghazal from 1992 to 1993, the president of the African National Congress and was granted an honorary doctorate from the University of Juba in political science.[1][2] His period as Governor of Bahr el Ghazal saw the acceleration of efforts at Islamization of the region.

Kongor Arop was appointed by President Omar al-Bashir as Second Vice President in February 1994 and was dismissed in October 2000. He was a member of the ruling Islamist National Congress Party until dismissed. He planned to contest for the presidency of Sudan in 2006.[3]

In 2017 he was appointed to the South Sudanese National Dialogue steering committee.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "African National Congress Secretariat General". ANC Sudan. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "George Kongor Arop - former federal official". Marquis Who's Who Biography. Archived from the original on 1 March 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Southern Sudanese leader to run for presidency in next election". Sudan Tribune. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Order No. 08/2017 for the Reconstitution of the National Dialogue Steering Committee" (PDF).
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