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Salva Kiir Mayardit: Head of state, South Sudan

Salva Kiir Mayardit is the head of state of South Sudan, listed by the United Nations as “President of the Republic of South Sudan”.

Posts held

• President of the Republic of South Sudan (head of state), South Sudan. Part of level 6: National government.
  Source: Heads of State, Heads of Government, Ministers for Foreign Affairs: Public List (United Nations Protocol and Liaison Service), list dated 15 October 2026, read 20 October 2026.

Where Salva Kiir Mayardit sits in the ladder of power

As head of state, Salva Kiir Mayardit works at level 6: National government, above the regions, states and councils of South Sudan (regions, cities).

Above that, South Sudan is a member of:

• African Union level 7
• United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) level 8
• International Monetary Fund level 9
• World Bank Group level 9

Who else holds power in South Sudan

• Monday Semaya Kumba Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity of the Republic of South Sudan, South Sudan

Where these facts come from

Every post above is copied from an official record, linked beside it with the date it was read. The UN Protocol and Liaison Service publishes the list governments give it of their head of state, head of government and foreign minister. Names are as the source prints them, without honorifics. How this site is made.

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