South Sudan’s Salva Kiir Sacks Finance Minister
September 17, 2020
11:35 am
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has sacked finance minister Salvatore Garang Mabiordit and replaced him with Athian Diing Athian.
Kiir also removed Chon Thon Deng Abel from his position as managing director of the state-owned Nile Petroleum Corporation (Nilepet) and Erjok Bullen Geu from the position of acting National Revenue Authority commissioner-general.
In a presidential decree announced Wednesday night on state-owned South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) television, Kiir did not give any reason for the sacking of the officials.
The new finance minister, Athian was a former deputy finance minister until 2018 when Kiir fired him.
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