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{{Short description|Deputy head of state of the Republic of South Sudan}}
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{{Infobox Political post
|post            = First Vice President
|body            = the<br />Republic of South Sudan
|nativename      =
|insignia        = Flag of South Sudan.svg{{!}}border
|insigniasize    = 165px
|insigniacaption = [[Flag of South Sudan]]
|image           = Riek Machar VOA photo (cropped).jpg
|imagesize       = 165px
|incumbent       = [[Riek Machar]]
|incumbentsince  = 21 February 2020<ref name="sudantribune">{{Cite web|url=https://sudantribune.com/spip.php?article69017|title=President Kiir appoint Machar FVP ahead of South Sudan new cabinet - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan|website=sudantribune.com|date=17 May 2011 }}</ref>
|residence       = 
|nominator       = 
|nominatorpost   =
|appointer       = [[List of heads of state of South Sudan|President of South Sudan]]
|appointerpost   = 
|termlength      =
|formation       = 21 February 2020
|inaugural       = [[Riek Machar]]
|website         = {{URL|https://www.presidency.gov.ss/riakmachar.php}}
}}
{{Politics of South Sudan}}
The '''vice president of South Sudan''' is the second highest political position obtainable in [[South Sudan]]. Additionally, a temporary position called ''first vice president'' was created in August 2015. In 2020, a coalition agreement was reached in 2020 creating five vice presidents.<ref name="theeastafrican.co.ke"/>

==Vice presidents (2005–2020)==

This list contains vice presidents of [[Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (2005–2011)|Southern Sudan]] (2005–2011, autonomous region of [[Sudan]]) and vice presidents of the [[South Sudan|Republic of South Sudan]] (2011–present, independent country).

===Vice presidents of the Southern Sudan autonomous region (2005–2011)===
'''Colour key''' (for political parties): <br />
{{legend2|{{party color|Sudan People's Liberation Movement}}|[[Sudan People's Liberation Movement]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan=2 colspan=2|Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name
! colspan=3|Term of office
! rowspan=2|Political affiliation
! rowspan=2 colspan=2|President
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Sudan People's Liberation Movement}};" |
| [[File:Salva Kiir Mayardit at the White House (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Salva Kiir Mayardit]]
| 9 July 2005
| 30 July 2005
| {{ayd|2005|7|9|2005|7|30}}
| [[Sudan People's Liberation Movement|SPLM]]
! style="background:{{party color|Sudan People's Liberation Movement}};" |
| [[John Garang]]
|-
| colspan=7|Vacant (30 July – 11 August 2005)
! rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Sudan People's Liberation Movement}};" |
| rowspan=2|Salva Kiir Mayardit
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Sudan People's Liberation Movement}};" |
| [[File:Riek Machar VOA photo (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Riek Machar]]
| 11 August 2005
| 9 July 2011
| {{ayd|2005|8|11|2011|7|9}}
| SPLM
|}

===Vice presidents of the Republic of South Sudan (2011–2020)===
'''Colour key''' (for political parties): <br />
{{legend2|{{party color|Sudan People's Liberation Movement}}|[[Sudan People's Liberation Movement]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan=2 colspan=2|Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name
! colspan=3|Term of office
! rowspan=2|Political affiliation
! rowspan=2 colspan=2|President
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Sudan People's Liberation Movement}};" |
| [[File:Riek Machar VOA photo (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Riek Machar]]
| 9 July 2011
| 23 July 2013
| {{ayd|2011|7|9|2013|7|23}}
| [[Sudan People's Liberation Movement|SPLM]]
! rowspan=3 style="background:{{party color|Sudan People's Liberation Movement}};" |
| rowspan=3|[[Salva Kiir Mayardit]]
|-
| colspan=7|Vacant (23 July – 25 August 2013)
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Sudan People's Liberation Movement}};" |
| [[File:James Wani Igga (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[James Wani Igga]]
| 25 August 2013
| 21 February 2020<ref name="sudantribune">{{Cite web|url=https://sudantribune.com/spip.php?article69017|title=President Kiir appoint Machar FVP ahead of South Sudan new cabinet - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan|website=sudantribune.com|date=17 May 2011 }}</ref>
| {{ayd|2013|8|25|2020|2|21}}
| SPLM
|}

===First vice presidents of the Republic of South Sudan (2016–2020)===
Following the signing of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (ARCSS) in August 2015 a new position of 'first vice president' was established alongside the pre-existing positions of President of South Sudan and Vice President of South Sudan, with the incumbents in both these positions continuing in office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jmecsouthsudan.com/uploads/jmec_signed_peace_agreement.pdf|title=Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan|publisher=[[Intergovernmental Authority on Development]]|date=17 August 2015}}</ref> Unlike the positions of president and vice president, which are permanent features of the Constitution, the office of first vice president will cease to exist following the end of the transitional period stipulated in the ARCSS unless otherwise decided in the permanent Constitution.

'''Colour key''' (for political parties): <br />
{{legend2|{{party color|Sudan People's Liberation Movement}}|[[Sudan People's Liberation Movement]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition}}|[[Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan=2 colspan=2|Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name
! colspan=3|Term of office
! rowspan=2|Political affiliation
! rowspan=2 colspan=2|President
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition}};" |
| [[File:Riek Machar VOA photo (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Riek Machar]]
| 26 April 2016
| 26 July 2016
| {{ayd|2016|4|26|2016|7|26}}
| [[Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition|SPLM-IO]]
! rowspan=2 style="background:{{party color|Sudan People's Liberation Movement}};" |
| rowspan=2|[[Salva Kiir Mayardit]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition}};" |
| [[File:Taban Deng Gai.png|75px]]
| [[Taban Deng Gai]]
| 26 July 2016
| 21 February 2020<ref name="sudantribune"/>
| {{ayd|2016|7|26|2020|2|21}}
| SPLM-IO (Juba faction)
|}

==Vice presidents in the unity government (since 2020)==
The [[Revitalised Transitional Government of National Unity]] (RTGoNU) was formed in February 2020 and included five vice presidents.<ref name="theeastafrican.co.ke">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/ea/Riek-Machar-appointed-vice-president/4552908-5464888-5j0q7rz/index.html|title=Salva Kiir appoints Machar as First Vice President|website=The East African|date=5 July 2020 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan=2 colspan=2|Position
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name
! colspan=3|Term of office
! rowspan=2|Political affiliation
! rowspan=2 colspan=2|President
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition}};" |
| First
| [[File:Riek Machar VOA photo (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Riek Machar]]
| 21 February 2020<ref name="sudantribune"/><ref name="theeastafrican.co.ke"/>
| Incumbent
| {{ayd|2020|2|21}}
| [[Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition|SPLM-IO]]
! rowspan=5 style="background:{{party color|Sudan People's Liberation Movement}};" |
| rowspan=5|[[Salva Kiir Mayardit]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Sudan People's Liberation Movement}};" |
| Second
| [[File:James Wani Igga (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[James Wani Igga]]
| 21 February 2020<ref name="sudantribune"/><ref name="theeastafrican.co.ke"/>
| Incumbent
| {{ayd|2020|2|21}}
| SPLM
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition}};" |
| Third
| [[File:Taban Deng Gai.png|75px]]
| [[Taban Deng Gai]]
| 21 February 2020<ref name="sudantribune"/><ref name="theeastafrican.co.ke"/>
| Incumbent
| {{ayd|2020|2|21}}
| SPLM-IO (Juba faction)
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Sudan People's Liberation Movement}};" |
| Fourth
| [[File:Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior February 10, 2006.jpg|75px]]
| [[Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior|Rebecca Nyandeng Garang]]
| 21 February 2020<ref name="sudantribune"/><ref name="theeastafrican.co.ke"/>
| Incumbent
| {{ayd|2020|2|21}}
| SPLM (Former Detainees faction)
|-
! style="background:{{party color|South Sudan Opposition Alliance}};" |
| Fifth
| [[File:No image.svg|75px]]
| [[Hussein Abdelbagi]]
| 21 February 2020<ref name="sudantribune"/><ref name="theeastafrican.co.ke"/>
| Incumbent
| {{ayd|2020|2|21}}
| [[South Sudan Opposition Alliance|SSOA]]
|}

==See also==
* [[Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (1972–1983)]]
* [[Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (2005–2011)]]
** [[Politics of South Sudan]]
** [[History of South Sudan]]
** [[List of governors of pre-independence Sudan]]
** [[List of heads of state of South Sudan]]

==References==
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