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What roles did Benjamin Bol Mel hold, and when?

Benjamin Bol Mel

South Sudanese businessman and former Vice President for the Economic Cluster of South Sudan.

FormerCurrent answer

4 dated roles on record; no current role confirmed.

Latest source 8 Mar 2026Reviewed 26 Oct 20265 sources

Roles, most recent first

  1. May 2025 – 12 Nov 2025
    First Deputy Chairman Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Former

    Party post from which he was removed by the November 2025 decrees.1 2

  2. Feb 2025 – 12 Nov 2025
    Vice President for the Economic Cluster Government of South Sudan Former

    Removed by presidential decree on 12 November 2025 and demoted from general to private; Radio Tamazuj reported in March 2026 that he had been under house arrest since that night without charge.1 3 4

  3. President ABMC Thai-South Sudan Construction Company Limited Date uncertain

    Head of a road-construction company, per OFAC (2017).5

  4. Principal financial adviser to President Salva Kiir Office of the President, South Sudan Former

    Advisory role described by OFAC in 2017.5

Sources

  1. SecondarySouth Sudan: Kiir Sacks and Demotes VP Bol Mel to PrivateNile Post via AllAfrica · 12 Nov 2025
  2. SecondaryWho is Dr. Benjamin Bol Mel, SPLM's first deputy chairperson?Eye Radio · 22 May 2025
  3. SecondaryLegal bid to free former VP Bol MelRadio Tamazuj · 8 Mar 2026
  4. SecondarySecond VP Placed under House Arrest as South Sudan Threatens to Slip back into Civil WarThe Reporter (Ethiopia) · 15 Nov 2025
  5. PrimaryUnited States Sanctions Human Rights Abusers and Corrupt Actors Across the GlobeUS Department of the Treasury · 21 Dec 2017

Record history

26 Oct 2026 Record published and reviewed.

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