Lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was norma ...

Thomas Cirillo Swaka is a

South Sudanese South Sudan is home to around 60 indigenous ethnic groups and 80 linguistic partitions among a population of around million. Historically, most ethnic groups were lacking in formal Western political institutions, with land held by the communi ...

politician and the leader and Commander in Chief of the National Salvation Front (NSF), a rebel group opposing the government of the

Republic of 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 the Congo, Uganda and Kenya; and on the ...

Background

Swaka was born to the Bari Group and is the

lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was norma ...

of the National Salvation Front (NSF). South Sudan's government and the rebels of the NSF announced in Rome the signing of a ceasefire agreement which to this point has yielded no positive outcome for the country since the 2015

civil war A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same Sovereign state, state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies.J ...

Work Background

Thomas Cirillo is a

politician and lieutenant general from the

South Sudan People's Defence Forces The South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF), formerly the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), is the military force of South Sudan. The SPLA was founded as a guerrilla movement against the government of Sudan in 1983 and was a key parti ...

( SSPDF) and was the ex- deputy general chief of staffs for logistics and training and is he the founder and current opposition leader for the South Sudan's National Salvation Front.

References

Living people South Sudanese military personnel Year of birth missing (living people) {{SouthSudan-bio-stub