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Joseph Ukel Garang Wel (1932 – 28 July 1971) was a southern
Sudan
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ese politician in the 1960s.
Education and career
Garang attended St. Antony's Bussere (1944–1948) and Rumbek Secondary School (1949–1953). In 1957, he became the first South Sudanese male to obtain a law degree upon his graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Khartoum in Sudan. Shortly after graduation, he declined an offer to become a chief justice. Instead, Garang wanted to practice as an attorney and focus on his political career.
Political involvement
He was a member of the
Sudanese Communist Party
The Sudanese Communist Party ( abbr. SCP; ar, الحزب الشيوعي السوداني, Al-Hizb al-Shuyui al-Sudani) is a communist party in Sudan. Founded in 1946, it was a major force in Sudanese politics in the early post-independence y ...
, and served as Minister of Southern Affairs in the
Sudanese Government
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.
In July 1971, Garang and several others were executed after being convicted as conspirators in the
short-lived coup that toppled the regime of President
Gaafar Nimeiry
Jaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry (otherwise spelled in English as Jaafar Nimeiry, Gaafar Nimeiry or Ja'far Muhammad Numayri; ar, جعفر محمد النميري; 26 April 192830 May 2009) was a Sudanese politician who served as the president of Sud ...
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Communist Leader Sentenced By Military Court
''Washington Post'', 28 July 1971
References
1971 deaths
South Sudanese politicians
Sudanese Communist Party politicians
Government ministers of Sudan
Executed Sudanese people
20th-century executions by Sudan
People executed by Sudan by hanging
Sudanese lawyers
1932 births
20th-century lawyers
Executed communists
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