# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abel-alier
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:47:10.072Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abel-alier"
name: "Abel Alier"
slug: "abel-alier"
description: "Abel Alier Kwai is a South Sudanese politician and judge who served as First Vice President of Sudan between 1971 and 1982 and as President of the High Executive Council of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region between 1972 and 1978. Abel Alier was a politician who managed to complete his college education among many Southern Sudanese. He is an internationally respected judge, human-rights lawyer and activist on behalf of Christians in the Sudan. Former Vice President of Sudan (1971–1982), he served as the first president of the High Executive Council of Southern Sudan. He sits on the Permanent Court of International Arbitration in The Hague and is recognized as Sudan's most prominent Christian lawyer. His latest book is Southern Sudan: Too Many Agreements Dishonoured."
tagline: "Politician of South Sudan"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abel_Alier.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1933"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.88
  momentum:             12.96610169491525
  historical:           9.889418666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Абел Алијер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "أبيل ألير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ابيل الير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Alier"
    title: "Abel Alier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Alier"
    title: "Abel Alier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://din.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Alier"
    title: "Abel Alier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Alier"
    title: "Abel Alier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Alier_Kwai"
    title: "Abel Alier Kwai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Alier"
    title: "Abel Alier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A_%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98"
    title: "აბელ ალიერი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Alier"
    title: "Abel Alier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B9"
    title: "Алиер, Абель Квай"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3823906"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump