Francis Deng
Francis Mading Deng (born 1938) is a politician and diplomat from South Sudan who served as the newly independent country's first ambassador to the United Nations from 2012 to July 2016.
Francis Mading Deng | |
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| Born | 1938 (age 85–86) Abyei, Kurdofan, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan |
| Occupation | Writer, diplomat, scholar |
| Language | English Arabic Dinka |
| Nationality | Sudan until 2011, then South Sudan |
| Alma mater | Khartoum University Yale University |
| Subject | Law, conflict resolution, human rights, anthropology, history, politics, novels |
| Notable awards | 2000 Rome Prize for Peace and Humanitarian Action 2005 Grawemeyer Award 2007 Merage Foundation American Dream Leadership Award |
| Spouse | Dorothy Anne Ludwig |
| Children | 4 |
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