Manasseh Magok
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Manasseh Magok Rundial (born 1950, Koch County- Unity State Bentiu in a Jagei Nuer Section of the western Nuer.[2]) is a South Sudanese politician and former speaker of National Legislative Assembly.
Manasseh Magok | |
|---|---|
| Speaker of the National Legislative Assembly | |
| In office August 2013 – 4 August 2016[1] | |
| Preceded by | James Wani Igga |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Lino Makana |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Manasseh Magok Rundial |
| Party | NCP, SPLM |
Magok is Nuer.[3] He joined politics in 1982, and won a Bentiu constituency seat in Southern Sudan regional assembly. After 1985 he became governor of Upper Nile State.[2] In 1990s he joined National Congress Party, but resigned in 2005.[2]
Magok served as speaker from August 2013 to 4 August 2016. During his tenure the assembly ratified the "Compromise Peace Agreement".[4]
