Yasir Said Arman (; born October 5, 1962) is a

Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

ese politician and a leading figure in the

Sudan People's Liberation Movement The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM; , ''Al-Ḥarakat ash-Shaʿbiyyat liTaḥrīr as-Sūdān'') is a political party in South Sudan. It was initially founded as the political wing of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA; a key belli ...

(SPLM). He was the SPLM's deputy secretary-general for the northern sector and its spokesman. Initially he was presented as the SPLM candidate for the April 2010 presidential election, but the party later chose to boycott the presidential election. After South Sudan's independence on July 9, 2011, and the creation of a separate SPLM party in the

Republic of the Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

(North Sudan), Arman has become the

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of the SPLM-N. Arman is one of the leaders who helped draft and signed the

Naivasha 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 ...

of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement that ended the war between the north and south of Sudan in 2005. He was the head of the SPLM quota for the parliamentary faction.

Childhood and youth

Yasir Arman belongs to the

Ja'alin The Ja'alin, Ja'aliya, Ja'aliyin or Ja'al () are an Arabs, Arab or Arabised Nubians, Nubian tribe in Sudan. They claim Arab descent. The Ja'alin formerly occupied the country on both banks of the Nile from Khartoum to Abu Hamad; Citation: ''The A ...

, an Arab tribe indigenous to Northern Sudan; he was born in Tabat City in the state of Al Jazirah. He joined the

Sudanese Communist Party The Sudanese Communist Party ( abbr. SCP; ) is a communist party in Sudan. Founded in 1946, it was a major force in Sudanese politics in the early post-independence years, and was one of the two most influential communist parties in the Arab ...

as a student in the mid-seventies. Arman was accused of involvement in the deaths of two pro- Islamist students at the Khartoum branch of

Cairo University Cairo University () is Egypt's premier public university. Its main campus is in Giza, immediately across the Nile from Cairo. It was founded on 21 December 1908;"Brief history and development of Cairo University." Cairo University Faculty of En ...

(now Al-Neelain University), but was subsequently acquitted of the charges in court.

SPLM activist

Arman left the Sudanese Communist Party and joined the SPLM in 1987. He became very close to the former leader

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 ...

. Arman was appointed as a military leader and spokesman. Yasir Arman was arrested with other leaders in December 2009 after attempting to conduct a demonstration in

Khartoum Khartoum or Khartum is the capital city of Sudan as well as Khartoum State. With an estimated population of 7.1 million people, Greater Khartoum is the largest urban area in Sudan. Khartoum is located at the confluence of the White Nile – flo ...

to protest against legislation passed in the

parliament of Sudan The National Legislature (, ''Al-Maǧlis al-Ttašriyʿiy'') is the legislative branch of the government of the Republic of the Sudan. Prior to the 2019 coup d'état, the National Legislature was composed of two chambers: * The Council of Sta ...

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SPLM-N (al-Agar)

After the secession of South Sudan, Arman remained in the SPLM-N group in Sudan. In the 2017 split of SPLM-N into SPLM-N (Agar) and SPLM-N (al-Hilu), Arman joined the SPLM-N (Agar) faction, becoming its deputy chair.

Personal life

Yasir Arman is married to a daughter of

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Deng Majok, one of the sultans 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 ...

, and has four children.

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Childhood and youth

SPLM activist

SPLM-N (al-Agar)

Personal life

See also

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