Government
Paul Malong Awan is the governor of the state. He was sworn into the new state cabinet on July 22, 2008. Its members are:
- Deputy Governor - Madut Dut Yel
- minister of information & communication - Bona Makuach Mawien
- State Minister of Finance - Ronald Ruay Deng
- State Minister of Health - vacant
- State Mister of Parliamentary Affairs - Anguei Diing
- State Minister of Education, Science and Technology - Stephen Chol Unguec
- State Minister of Legal Affairs - Madut Santino
- State Minister of Physical infrastructure - vacant
- State Minister of Agriculture - Ayii Bol Akol
- Secretary General of State Council of Ministers - Garang Kuot Kur
State Advisors are:
- Political Advisor - vacant
- Economics Affairs Advisor - Tong Atak Mel
- Local Government - vacant
- Security Advisor - vacant
Read more about this topic: Northern Bahr El Ghazal
Famous quotes containing the word government:
“The government will ... go on in the highly democratic method of conscripting American manhood for European slaughter.”
—Emma Goldman (1869–1940)
“The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.”
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)
“Good government is the outcome of private virtue.”
—John Jay Chapman (1862–1933)