Taban Deng Gai

Taban Deng Gai is a South Sudanese politician. He has served as governor of Unity State since 30 September 2005.^[1]

In the April 2010 elections the state electoral body announced that Taban Deng Gai won by 137,662 votes, beating runner-up Angelina Teny who won 63,561 votes. The defeated parties said in a joint statement that there had been widespread rigging and called for a review by the National Elections Commission. Angelina Teny said she would not accept or recognize the results.^[2]

References

↑ "Unity State governor Taban Deng Gai". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
↑ "Angelina Teny says will not accept "rigged" and "untrue" election results". Sudan Tribune. April 25, 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-23.

Current South Sudanese state governors

Clement Wani Konga (Central Equatoria) Louis Lobong (Eastern Equatoria) Kuol Manyang Juuk (Jonglei) Chol Tong Mayay Jang (Lakes) Paul Malong Awan (Northern Bahr el Ghazal) Taban Deng Gai (Unity) Simon Kun Puoch (Upper Nile) Nyandeng Malek Deliech (Warrap) Rizik Zackaria Hassan (Western Bahr el Ghazal) Joseph Bakosoro (Western Equatoria)

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