Salva Kiir Mayardit

Salva Kiir Mayardit (born 13 September 1951) is a South Sudanese politician who has been President of South Sudan since its independence in 2011. Prior to independence, he was President of the Government of Southern Sudan, as well as First Vice President of Sudan, from 2005 to 2011.
Mayardit was born on September 13, 1951 in Bahr el Ghazal, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.