Puot Kang Chol

Puot Kang Chol (born 1 January 1985) is a South Sudanese politician who has served as the minister of petroleum in the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU) since 2021. He is a member of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO).

== Early life and education ==

Puot Kang Chol was born in Mandeeng, Nasir County, Sudan, to Kang Chol and Rebecca Nyayiech Chang. Chol completed primary school in Dima Refugee Camp in Ethiopia, and then attended Kebena Secondary School in Ethiopia for high school. Chol attended Cavendish University in Kampala, Uganda, and graduated with a Bachelor of Law (LLB) in 2013.

== Political career ==

In 2010, Chol was appointed as an executive director for Ann Itto Leonardo, the then deputy secretary-general of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Southern Sector. Chol became the SPLM's director of membership and recruitment; he retained the office until 2013.

In 2013, when South Sudanese president Salva Kiir Mayardit in 2013 accused Vice President Riek Machar of an attempted coup, Chol supported Machar and fled Juba over fear of political persecution. He later joined the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in...