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{{Short description|South Sudanese politician}}
'''Riek Gai Kok''' is a [[South Sudan]]ese politician. He is a [[Lou Nuer]], hailing from Chieng Man-nyang/Diang-nyang.<ref name="a1">Small Arms Survey, Geneva. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=_5FadVkhT6kC&pg=PA288 Small Arms Survey 2010 Gangs, Groups, and Guns]''. Cambridge Univ Pr, 2010. p. 288</ref><ref name="b2"/> A veteran politician, he has been a member of parliament in both [[Sudan]] and South Sudan.<ref name="c3">''Al-Ahram''. ''[http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/Print/3708.aspx Kiir’s delicate game]''</ref> As of 2013, he served as Minister of Health of South Sudan.<ref name="c3"/>

==1990s==
As of the early 1990s, Riek Gai Kok served as head of the [[Relief Association of Southern Sudan]], the humanitarian aid wing of the [[SPLA-Nasir]].<ref name="r">Rone, Jemera. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=NkeXxtzFSHAC&pg=PA184 Civilian Devastation: Abuses by All Parties in the War in Southern Sudan]''. New York: Human Rights Watch, 1994. p. 184</ref><ref name="h80">Human Rights Watch. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=BB-2AAAAIAAJ Famine in Sudan, 1998: The Human Rights Causes]''. New York: Human Rights Watch, 1999. p. 80</ref> As of 1997-1998 he served as spokesperson of the South Sudan Independence Movement/Army (SSIM/A).<ref name="d4">IRIN. ''[http://www.irinnews.org/indepthmain.aspx?InDepthId=22&ReportId=64283 'SUDAN: A future without War?' - IRIN In-Depth on the prospects of peace in Sudan - Who is who]''</ref> As the late 1990s he served as ''wali'' (governor) of [[Jonglei]] state.<ref name="d4"/><ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=YvgPAQAAMAAJ Sudan Update]'', Vol. 9–10. Committee for Peace and Reconstruction in Sudan, 1998. p. 53</ref><ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=n0QuAQAAIAAJ Sudan Focus]'', Vol. 4–6. Focus International, 1997. p. 118</ref>

==2000s==
In 2002 he was named as chairman of the Southern States Coordination Council by [[president of Sudan|president]] [[Omar al-Bashir]].<ref>Rone, Jemera. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=3WQkACoP3FkC&pg=PA338 Sudan, Oil and Human Rights]''. 2003. p. 338</ref><ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=YfUPAQAAMAAJ Horn of Africa Bulletin]'', Vol. 15. Life & Peace Institute, 2003. p. 34</ref> As SSCC chairman, Riek Gai Kok was charged with administering the states of [[Southern Sudan]].<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=hfsvAQAAIAAJ I.O.N.]'', Eds. 1024–1069. Indian Ocean Information and Documentation Bank, 2003. p. 70</ref> The appointment followed the defection of [[Riek Machar]] to the rebel side.<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=wUMwAQAAIAAJ Press Digest]'', Vol. 10, Eds. 1–26. Anasir Publishers, 2003. p. 35</ref> As of 2002, Riek Gai Kok was also serving as Minister of Animal Resources in the Sudanese government.<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=nWAOAQAAMAAJ Marchés tropicaux et méditerranéens]'', Eds. 2956–2970. 2002. p. 1862</ref> At the time Riek Gai Kok was a leader of the [[South Sudan Defence Forces]]. Towards the end of the [[Second Sudanese Civil War]] he and a group of his followers broke with the SSDF leader [[Gordon Kong]].<ref name="a1"/>

Riek Gai Kok was also a high-ranking member of the [[National Congress (Sudan)|National Congress Party]].<ref name="b2">Young, John. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=p9MhAQAAIAAJ Sudan People's Liberation Army: Disarmament in Jonglei and Its Implications]''. Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies, 2007. p. 4</ref><ref>Otayek, René, and Benjamin F. Soares. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=9WF3NnuwIXIC&pg=PA398 Islam, état et société en Afrique]''. Paris: Karthala, 2009. p. 398</ref> He was the chairman of the Southern Sector of the NCP.<ref>IGIHE. ''[http://en.igihe.com/politics/south-sudan-s-kiir-names-new-cabinet.html South Sudan’s Kiir names new Cabinet]''</ref> He also served as advisor to the Sudanese president.<ref>Sudan News Agency. ''[http://www.sunanews.net/english-latest-news/17482-dr-riek-gai-lauds-role-of-president-al-bashir-in-implementation-of-comprehensive-peace-agreement.html Dr. Riek Gai Lauds Role of President Al-Bashir in Implementation of Comprehensive Peace Agreement]''</ref> On July 7, 2011, two days before the independence of South Sudan, Riek Gai Kok and other Southern NCP leaders held a press conference and declared their entry into the [[Sudan People's Liberation Movement]].<ref>''SudanTribune''. ''[http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?iframe&page=imprimable&id_article=39460 NCP South Sudan office closes down as officials join SPLM]''</ref>

==Post-Independence==
In August 2013 Riek Gai Kok was named Minister of Health in the government of South Sudan.<ref name="c3"/>

==References==

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[[Category:Government ministers of South Sudan]]
[[Category:Members of the National Assembly (Sudan)]]
[[Category:Members of the National Legislative Assembly (South Sudan)]]

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