Biographie
Abel Alier is a South Sudanese politician, judge, human-rights lawyer and activist on behalf of Christians in the Sudan. He served as Vice President of Sudan between 1971 and 1982 and as President of the High Executive Council of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region between 1972 and 1978. Alier was instrumental in the Addis Ababa Agreement of 1972 which permitted Southern Sudan to have its own autonomous government in Juba, and has often helped negotiate peaceful terms between the North and Southern Sudan.
Biography
Abel Alier is a South Sudanese politician, judge, human-rights lawyer and activist on behalf of Christians in the Sudan. He served as Vice President of Sudan between 1971 and 1982 and as President of the High Executive Council of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region between 1972 and 1978. Alier was instrumental in the Addis Ababa Agreement of 1972 which permitted Southern Sudan to have its own autonomous government in Juba, and has often helped negotiate peaceful terms between the North and Southern Sudan.