18/11/2025
Presidential Decrees β Nov 17, 2025, as Announced on State Owned SSBC:
1. Dr. James Wani Igga has been reappointed by president Kiir as Vice President for the Economic Cluster.
Wani has replace Dr. Benjamin Bol Mel, who was sacked recently. In the same decree, Dr. James Wani Igga has also been reinstated as the First Deputy Chairperson of the SPLM.
2. Hon. Michael Makuei Lueth has been relieved from his position as Minister of Information, Communication, Technology (ICT) and Postal Services and Ateny Wek Ateny, the former Press Secretary in the Office of the President, has been appointed in his place.
3. Rabi Mujung, Governor of Central Equatoria State, has been sacked, and Emmanuel Adil, who was the former governor, has been reinstated as Governor.
4. Inspector General of Police, Gen. Abraham Manyuat Peter, has been dismissed and Gen. Sed Chawul Lom has been appointed in his place.
5. Dr. Joseph Geng Akec, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, has been fired and Hon. Michael Makuei Lueth, who has been long serving national minister of information, has replaced Dr. Joseph Geng Akec, as new Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs.
6. Simon Mijok Mijak, Minister of Roads and Bridges, has been sacked and replaced by Peter Lam Both, former SPLM Secretary-General.
7. Minister of Environment and Forestry, Josephine Napwon Cosmos, has been relieved, and Mabior Garang Mabior, son of the late Dr. John Garang De Mabior, has been appointed in her place.
8. Amb. Monica Achol Abel Aguek has been reinstated as a Grade One Ambassador in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and appointed as Senior Envoy to the Middle East.
9. President Kiir has appointed his Deputy Office Manager, Regina Akur Nyok, as Deputy Ambassador to China.
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