Yolanda Wel Deng

Background

Yolanda Awel Deng is a South Sudanese politician who is currently the minister of Health, in the South Sudan Transitional Government of National Unity cabinet as for the year 2022.[1][2]

She hails from Warrap State of Barhr El Ghazel region.

Education

Yolanda Awel graduated with Bachelor Degree in Psychology from the University Saskatchewan and later Master's Degree in Conflict Analysis and Management from Royal Road University in Canada.[3]

Appointment

Minister of Health Yolanda Awel Deng

She was Appointed by President Salva Kiir as the South Sudan National Minister of Health in March 2022 through the ticket of South Sudan People's Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) replacing Elizabeth Achuei.[4]

Yolanda Awel Deng married Agel Ring Machar, the former Press Secretary in the office of the then First Vice President, Taban Deng Gai, in 2011.[4] She is a mother of four children: two boys and two girls.

References

1. "Minister Yolanda blames poor health services on under-funding". Eye Radio. 2022-12-02. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
2. "South Sudan records increased HIV/AIDS infections". Radio Tamazuj. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
3. admin (2022-03-24). "Who is the new South Sudan national minister of health?". The Radio Community. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
4. "Who is South Sudan's new health minster Yolanda Awel Machar?". Sudans Post. 2022-03-25. Retrieved 2022-12-13.