Dominic Dim Deng
Lt Gen Dominic Dim Deng (1 March 1950 – 2 May 2008) was a senior member of the Sudan People's Liberation Army, a distinguished military veteran general and the first defence minister in the Government of Southern Sudan who lost his life alongside his wife Madam Josephine Apieu Jenaro Aken, senior politician Dr. Justin Yac Arop and 18 other Sudan People's Liberation Army and Government of Southern Sudan officials on a leased CEM Air Beechcraft 1900 that crashed 375 km west of Juba, Sudan on May 2, 2008.
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| Born | March 1, 1950 Bahr al-Ghazal, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (now South Sudan) |
| Died | May 2, 2008 (aged 58) |
| Political party | Sudan People's Liberation Movement |
| Spouse | Madam Josephine Apieu Jenaro Aken |
| Children | 6 |
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