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South Sudanese politician and military figure

Paul Malong Awan (born 1962), also known as Paul Malong Awan Anei, King Paul, and General Paul, is a South Sudanese politician and military figure.

Until 16 May 2017 he was the Chief of General Staffs (COGS) of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA). The Chief of General Staffs was the highest-ranking military officer in the SPLA (now South Sudan People’s Defense Forces), and also the principal military adviser to the President of the Republic of South Sudan and the National Security Council.

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He formerly served as governor of Northern Bahr el Ghazal from 27 March 2008 to 2014.^[3][4]

Early life and education

Malong was born in early 1962 in the village of Warawar, which is in the former Northern Bahr el Gazal state and situated about forty-five kilometers north of Aweil.

His mother was Aluat. His father, Awan Anei, was a chief who governed his kinsmen in the Wun-Anei section of Abi