# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/salva-kiir-mayardit
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:42:37.449Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/salva-kiir-mayardit"
name: "Salva Kiir Mayardit"
slug: "salva-kiir-mayardit"
description: "Salva Kiir Mayardit is a South Sudanese politician who has served as the President of South Sudan since its independence on 9 July 2011. Prior to independence, he was the President of the Government of Southern Sudan, as well as First Vice President of Sudan, from 2005 to 2011. He was named Commander-in-Chief of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in 2005, following the death of John Garang."
tagline: "President of South Sudan since 2011"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Salva_Kiir_Mayardit.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1951-09-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             13.53796862307298
  historical:           22.385992
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/PresidentKiir"
    handle:    "PresidentKiir"
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    title: "Salva Kiir Mayardit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Salva Kiir Mayardit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Salva Kiir"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump