Sudan. South Sudan. Bahr El Ghazal. Mayen Abun. SPLA ( Sudanese People Liberation Army) commandant Salva Kiir, Chief of General Staff. Dinka tribe. Salva Kiir Mayardit (born 13 September 1951) is a South Sudanese politician who has been President of South Sudan since its independence in 2011. Prior to independence,he was President of the Government of Southern Sudan, as well as First Vice President of Sudan, from 2005 to 2011. © 1999 Didier Ruef