President of South Sudan

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The President of South Sudan is the country’s highest executive authority, serving as both head of state and government and overseeing the nation’s political and administrative affairs.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of government office ⓘ
head of state office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Republic of South Sudan ⓘ
linked to: South Sudan
appoints Council of Ministers of South Sudan ⓘ
Vice President of South Sudan ⓘ
state governors of South Sudan (in certain constitutional periods) ⓘ
associatedWith Presidency of South Sudan ⓘ
constitutingInstrument Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan ⓘ
country South Sudan ⓘ
createdBy Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan ⓘ
dateEstablished 2011-07-09 ⓘ
electionMethod popular vote (under permanent constitutional arrangements) ⓘ
establishedAfter independence of South Sudan ⓘ
firstOfficeHolder Salva Kiir Mayardit ⓘ
governmentBranch executive branch of South Sudan ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver foreign policy of South Sudan ⓘ
national security policy of South Sudan ⓘ
overall administration of the Government of South Sudan ⓘ
hasPower conduct foreign relations of South Sudan ⓘ
declare a state of emergency ⓘ
grant pardons ⓘ
sign bills into law ⓘ
veto legislation ⓘ
incumbent Salva Kiir Mayardit ⓘ
incumbentSince 2011-07-09 ⓘ
legalStatus constitutional office ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Central Equatoria ⓘ
memberOf Executive of South Sudan ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage English ⓘ
nominates senior government officials of South Sudan ⓘ
officeHolderTitle President ⓘ
officeInauguralHolder Salva Kiir Mayardit ⓘ
officeType executive political office ⓘ
oversees implementation of national policy in South Sudan ⓘ
national executive organs of South Sudan ⓘ
participatesIn Council of Ministers of South Sudan ⓘ
precededByOffice President of the Government of Southern Sudan ⓘ
reportsTo people of South Sudan ⓘ
residence Juba ⓘ
role commander-in-chief of the South Sudanese armed forces ⓘ
head of government of South Sudan ⓘ
head of state of South Sudan ⓘ
styleOfAddress His Excellency ⓘ
symbolizes national unity of South Sudan ⓘ
temporaryVacancyFilledBy Vice President of South Sudan ⓘ
termLength 4 years (subject to transitional arrangements) ⓘ
termRenewable renewable ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of South Sudan → headOfState → President of South Sudan ⓘ
Transitional National Legislative Assembly → oversightOver → Executive of South Sudan ⓘ
linked to: President of South Sudan
National Legislature of South Sudan → oversees → Executive of South Sudan ⓘ
linked to: President of South Sudan
Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan 2011 → establishesOffice → President of the Republic of South Sudan ⓘ
linked to: President of South Sudan
National Security Service of South Sudan → reportsTo → President of South Sudan ⓘ
Governor of Jonglei State → appointedBy → President of South Sudan ⓘ
Governor of Jonglei State → subordinateTo → President of South Sudan ⓘ
Governor of Jonglei State → canBeRemovedBy → President of South Sudan ⓘ