Joseph Lagu
Joseph Lagu (born 26 November 1929 in a hamlet called Momokwe in Moli, northern region of Madiland, about 80 miles south of Juba, Sudan, currently South Sudan) is a South Sudanese military figure and politician. He belongs to the Madi ethnic group of Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan.
Joseph Lagu | |
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| President of the High Executive Council of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region | |
| In office February 1978 – 12 July 1979 | |
| Preceded by | Abel Alier |
| Succeeded by | Peter Gatkuoth |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 26, 1929 Momokwe in Moli, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan |
| Nationality | South Sudanese |
In May 1960 he graduated from the military college in Omdurman and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Sudanese Army and was posted to Shendi with the 10th Brigade, Northern Command.
Lagu served as the second President of the High Executive Council of the autonomous region of Southern Sudan between 1978 and 1979.
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