General Akech Tong Aleu is a South Sudanese politician. He served for four months as the Director General of the National Security Service Bureau of the
Government of South Sudan
The politics of South Sudan concern the system of government in the Republic of South Sudan, a country in East Africa, and the people, organizations, and events involved in it.
As a region, the Republic of South Sudan gained autonomy in 2005 wit ...
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Gen. Akech Tong Aleu began his public service as the Commissioner of
Tonj South County,
Warrap State
Warrap is one of the ten states in South Sudan with its Headquarters at Kuajok. Warrap state is located in the Bahr el Ghazal region. The state was separately established in 2005 following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between ...
in 2012 before serving as Deputy Governor of
Warrap State
Warrap is one of the ten states in South Sudan with its Headquarters at Kuajok. Warrap state is located in the Bahr el Ghazal region. The state was separately established in 2005 following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between ...
from in the year 2012 to August 2015.
He briefly held the position of caretaker Governor of
Warrap State
Warrap is one of the ten states in South Sudan with its Headquarters at Kuajok. Warrap state is located in the Bahr el Ghazal region. The state was separately established in 2005 following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between ...
from August to December 2015.
Following the creation of 28 states by
President Salva Kiir in October 2015, Gen. Akech became the first Governor of the newly established
Tonj State
Tonj State was a state in South Sudan
South Sudan (), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the north by Sudan; on the east by Ethiopia; on the south by the Democratic Republic of ...
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Earlier in 2018, Gen. Akech Tong Aleu served as Minister of Cabinet Affairs in
Warrap State
Warrap is one of the ten states in South Sudan with its Headquarters at Kuajok. Warrap state is located in the Bahr el Ghazal region. The state was separately established in 2005 following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between ...
playing a critical role in regional decision-making.
Between April 2024 to late September, Gen. Akech served as the Undersecretary for Veteran Affairs at the Ministry of Defense and Veteran Affairs.
On October 2
nd 2024, in a presidential decree read on
South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation
The South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) is a national public service broadcaster in South Sudan. SSBC provides radio stations ( AM/ FM) as well as television broadcasts through its VHF/UHF analogue transmitters in Juba. It broadcasts its ...
(SSBC),
President Kiir appointed Gen. Akech as the Director General of the National Security Service’s (NSS) Internal Bureau.
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Living people
Political office-holders in South Sudan
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