Joseph Lagu (born 21 November 1931, 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 man and politician. He belongs to the Madi ethnic group of South Sudan.
In May 1960 he graduated from military college in Omdurman and was commissioned an officer in the Sudanese Army and posted to 10th Brigade, Northern Command.
In the period 1978–1979, Lagu served as the second President of the High Executive Council of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region.
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