The Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly was established in 2005 by the interim constitution of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region. See also: Pending elections in 2010, all 170 members were appointed according to the following formula as per the

Comprehensive Peace Agreement The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA, ), also known as the Naivasha Agreement, was an accord signed on 9 January 2005, by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and the Government of Sudan. The CPA was meant to end the Second Sudane ...

(CPA): 70% of seats to SPLM, 15% to NCP, and 15% to other parties.''The Comprehensive Peace Agreement between The Government of The Republic of The Sudan and The Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Sudan People's Liberation Army''
(from reliefweb.int) The Assembly met in

Juba Juba is the capital and largest city of South Sudan. The city is situated on the White Nile and also serves as the capital of the Central Equatoria, Central Equatoria State. It is the most recently declared national capital and had a populatio ...

, The capital of Southern Sudan and Central Equatoria State.Government of Southern Sudan
/ref> The last and arguably most historic sitting of the Assembly took place on 9 July 2011 at approximately 1.30 pm (Juba time) when the Declaration of Independence of South Sudan was read by the Rt. Hon. James Wani Igga, Speaker of the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly. It was read at an open parliamentary session (sitting number 27-2011) of the Assembly in front of a large assembled audience at the Dr.

John Garang John Garang De Mabior (June 23, 1945 – July 30, 2005) was a Sudanese politician and revolutionary leader. From 1983 to 2005, he led the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M, Now known as South Sudan People's Defense Forces) as a co ...

Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan.Broadcast of Declaration of Independence (part 2)
/ref> Following the independence of the Republic of South Sudan, a new legislature was established in terms of the country's constitution. It together with the

Council of States of South Sudan The Transitional Council of States is the upper house of the National Legislature of South Sudan. It was established in 2011 by the interim constitution of South Sudan South Sudan (), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocke ...

is the new

National Legislature of South Sudan The Transitional National Legislature of South Sudan is the legislature of South Sudan. The Transitional National Legislature consists of the Transitional Council of States (upper house) and the Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative ...

Members of the Legislative Assembly by party

Speakers

References

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