03/07/2026
Date 2nd/July/2026
Sunrise on 1st/January/1908 and sunset on 2nd/July/2011 (103 years).
Happy 15th Memorial Anniversary to the late Paramount and permanent chief of Nuer Community-Malual Wun Kuoth Jang.
six and half decades( 65 years)in leadership.
May your beautiful soul rest in peace father.
Malual Wun Kuoth's Biography.
Malual Wun Kuoth Jang Chondör Mar Nyang Kong,
Is a son to former great Nuer chief Wuon Kuoth who ruled during British reign in Sudan, present day Payinjiar county or Nyuong Nuer, a popular name for Payinjiar sons and daughters both in greater Nyal and greater Ganyliel.
Malual Wun Kuoth inherited his leadership from his outstanding father Wuon Kuoth in 1945.His father Wuon Kuoth led Nyuong as their senior chief during British colony.
Malual Wuon was a son to Wuon Kuoth Jang a former paramount chief of Nyuong Nuer-Payinjiar County, despit the fact that he was not the elder son to Wuon Kuoth,
Malual was hand picked by his father,
His father chose him at his early age because he foreseen great qualities of leadership in him. He had many brothers and sisters but he was entrusted by his father, hence, he prepared him as his successor,
Malual's brothers
1-Machar Wun
2-Marial Wun
3-Yap Wun
4-Puot Wun
5-Bilung Wun
6-Kam Wun
However Malual succeeded his late father Wuon Kuoth for the position of paramount chief of Nyuong Nuer in 1945 and 20yrs later 1966, during Ismail Al-Azhari, Malual became the most popular chief among the Nuer Land and later made paramount chief of Nuer and soon climaxed as one of outstanding chief in sudan,and crowned as permanent paramount chief of the Nuer community and sudan as whole by the British colonial regime and former first prime minister of sudan in 1954 Ismail Al-Azhar, and then later president of sudan in 1956, later Ismail Al-Azhar overthrown by Jaafer Muhammad Al-Nimeiry, Malual got his first awarded medal of serving with integrity and execellence in his leadership by Jaafer Muhammad Al-Nimeiry and fortunately Malual casted his vote and later died few days and south Sudan was declared as a free state on 7th/July/2011.
Leadership styles
Malual Wun Kuoth was an outstanding leader, virtuous, humble, critical thinker, kind, brave, intelligence, wise, good father, friendly, good listener and peace loving person.
He ruled together with some of the prominent chiefs like Riak D**g, Deng Jaak and Gatluak Thuah and many more.
He became the first chief of Nyuong Dool and was deputised by Danhier Gatluak Nyak and the rest of the chiefs like Ruei Kuong, Nyuong Danhier, Nyuon Yar, Dachieng Mayom, Pual Kach Thiech and many others came out later as the population increased.
One of his gifts is listening, in fact, he pays more attentions to people by listening to their problems when they speak, then later on response to them amicably
He's known as the best leader who judge people fairly when sorting out issues.
He was the most respected sort of a leader who doesn't give up and was never accused of taking bribery.
His wisdom made him popular when he resolved two difficult issues between Nuer of Nasir and Lou Nuer who fought themselves and many people lost their lives.
He also brought to complete end the communal fighting between Dinka and Nuer through peace initiative in Wunliet( Wunliet Peace Agreement WPA) or The People to People Peace process in 1998, there he was named the most senior chief with few other chiefs from Dinka and Nuer
He spearheaded the initiative of Nuer peace council with Nuer chiefs and Nuer intellectuals including Dr. Riak Machar and that gave birth to Fangak laws (Nguot Fangak) which aimed on Nuer covenantal way of life.
Those laws were intended to govern Nuer society and they are still effective up to now
He also approved Dr. Machar's proposal on abolition of Nuer traditional initiation, early in 1990s. Such practice was abolished because of its dangerous effects including HIV and many other skin diseases.
By then, young boys used to be initiated by one person using one knife to cut their foreheads and that always lead to an infection if one among them have the disease.
It wasn't compulsory though. It's still practiced in village but at least it's reduced.
Character
One man was quoted saying that, "God descended from above and created one Goodman called Malual Wuon" (a joke people used to say) Malual Wun's character, for many people said Malual was such an enormous gift to his generation and that seems is to be solid truth seen by many people when Malual was exercising his leadership as a chief.
Summary
√Born in 1908 in Panyidhok village north West of Ganyliel.
√Nicknames: Chotrial, Mawernyin.
Malual Wun Nyathiang.
Language spoken: Nuer, Dinka and little Arabic
√He used to play Traditional thom (guitar in modern society)
√He never tested alcohol the rest of his life but smoke the local to***co during his leisure time
√He loves children and elders
√He was spiritual leader who strongly believed African traditional religion but later converted to Christianity in 1985, and named Daniel Malual Wun Kuoth and thousands of people were converted when they heard that Gatwun became a Christian. A great record that gave an upper hand to the growth of Christianity in Payinjiar.
√He is from sub-clan called Luok one in Thoanhom Payam.
√A descendant of a great family called Chiengkuoth or Chiemar Nyang
√Died on 2rd, July 2011 in Panyidhok, west of Ganyliel.
√Age:103 years old.
√He ruled for 65 years as a chief.
Malual Wun wives (42)
Malual married from all sections of Nuer, especially Bentiu and Dinka tribe.
God blessed him with children though some of them died of natural death, diseases and in war but some of them are among the great leaders today.
Malual Wun His mother Khat Kokdër is from Dinka tribe of Lake States, Rumbek.
May almighty God rest his soul in peace great father.
Source; Cde Tor Malual Wun Kuoth
