# Denay Jock Chagor

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**Denay Jock Chagor** is a South Sudanese politician who served as the governor of [Jonglei State](/source/Jonglei_State) from July 2020 to May 2024.

Chagor is a Lou [Nuer](/source/Nuer_people). In 2015, Chagor became the deputy chairman and chief of general staff for the South Sudan United Movement (SSUM), a rebel group part of the [South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA)](/source/South_Sudan_Opposition_Alliance) coalition. Chagor also became South Sudan's [Minister of Higher Education](/source/Ministry_of_Higher_Education,_Science_and_Technology_(South_Sudan)) on March 12, 2019.[1] After the death of [Peter Gadet Yak](/source/Peter_Gadet_Yak), the founder of the SSUM, Chagor was appointed on May 14, 2019, as the temporary head of the movement.[2] The SSOA was divided into two factions after a leadership dispute in late 2018, but in July 2019 [Gabriel Changson Chang's](/source/Gabriel_Changson_Chang) Federal Democratic Party merged with the SSUM's faction and named Chagor as chairman.[3] However, Chagor's leadership was rejected by six of the alliance's groups.[4] On August 31, 2019, Chagor suspended three SSUM officials for disobedience; however, his term as interim chairman had expired on August 16, 2019, leading to divisions in the group's leadership.[5] Chagor became South Sudan's [Minister of Higher Education](/source/Ministry_of_Higher_Education,_Science_and_Technology_(South_Sudan)) in 2019.[1]

As part of the [R-ARCSS](/source/South_Sudanese_Civil_War#2018_peace_agreement_(2018–2020)), the SSOA was allowed to nominate one governor, the governor of [Jonglei State](/source/Jonglei_State). However, the alliance could not agree on a candidate, as the SSUM's faction nominated Chagor, while the NDM's faction nominated Mahjoub Biel.[6] [Lam Akol](/source/Lam_Akol) claimed that Chagor was ineligible to be a governor, as the minimum age for a governor is 40 and Chagor's passport said he was born in 1986, but Chagor insisted that he was born in 1975.[7] Finally, on July 15, 2020, president [Salva Kiir](/source/Salva_Kiir) picked Chagor as governor, removing him from the Minister of Higher Education position.[8][9] Jonglei State did not have a governor from February 22 to July 15 due to the dispute in the SSOA.

On May 29, Chagor was fired by president [Salva Kiir Mayardit](/source/Salva_Kiir_Mayardit) for unspecified reasons and replaced with [Mahjoub Biel Turuk](/source/Mahjoub_Biel_Turuk), also of the SSOA.[10]

## References

1. ["Ethiopia agrees to retain South Sudanese students"](https://radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/ethiopia-agrees-to-retain-south-sudanese-students-minister). *Radio Tamazuj*. Retrieved 2020-07-15.

1. ["SSUM appoints interim leader"](https://radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/ssum-appoints-interim-leader). *Radio Tamazuj*. Retrieved 2020-07-15.

1. ["South Sudan opposition alliance reunites under one leader"](https://radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/south-sudan-opposition-alliance-reunites-under-one-leader). *Radio Tamazuj*. Retrieved 2020-07-15.

1. ["Leadership row looms as opposition alliance officials reject new leader"](https://radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/leadership-row-looms-as-opposition-alliance-officials-reject-new-leader). *Radio Tamazuj*. Retrieved 2020-07-15.

1. ["Disagreement looms in SSUM over suspension of officials"](https://radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/disagreement-looms-in-ssum-over-suspension-of-officials). *Radio Tamazuj*. Retrieved 2020-07-15.

1. ["SSOA leaders still at odds over candidate for Jonglei governor"](https://radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/ssoa-leaders-still-at-odds-over-candidate-for-jonglei-governor). *Radio Tamazuj*. Retrieved 2020-07-15.

1. ["SAS"](https://www.maapss.org/report?id=state_governors). *www.maapss.org*. Retrieved 2020-08-29.

1. ["Gabriel Changson appointed South Sudan's higher education minister - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan"](https://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article69591). *www.sudantribune.com*. Retrieved 2020-07-15.

1. ["Kiir appoints governor for troubled Jonglei"](https://radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/kiir-appoints-governor-for-troubled-jonglei). *Radio Tamazuj*. Retrieved 2020-07-15.

1. ["South Sudan president replaces Jonglei state governor"](https://www.radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/south-sudan-president-replaces-jonglei-state-governor). *Radio Tamazuj*. 2024-05-29. Retrieved 2025-05-15.

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