{"id":5585,"date":"2021-12-07T14:52:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T14:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudans-new-deputy-spy-chief-mining-minister-sworn-in"},"modified":"2021-12-07T15:16:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T15:16:07","slug":"south-sudans-new-deputy-spy-chief-mining-minister-sworn-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudans-new-deputy-spy-chief-mining-minister-sworn-in","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan\u2019s new deputy spy chief, mining minister sworn in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>South Sudan\u2019s newly Deputy Director General of General Intelligence Service at the National Security Service (NSS), Gen. Gregory Deng Kuac, and the newly appointed minister of mining in the unity government, Gen. Martin Gama Abucha, have this afternoon been sworn in, according to a statement by the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Gen. Deng, President Salva Kiir Mayardit\u2019s brother in law, and Gen. Abucha, the representative of the SPLM-IO in the CTSAMVM and Executive Director in the Office of the First Vice President, were appointed in a republican decree over the weekend by the South Sudanese head of state.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement this evening, the office of the president said the swearing in ceremony which was attended by President Kiir himself, was administered by the country\u2019s Chief Justice Chan Reec Madut and was attended by senior government officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis Excellency Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic, has this morning presided over the swearing-in ceremony of Hon Martin Gama Abucha as the Minister of Mining in the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity and Major General Gregory Deng Kuac as the Deputy Director General of General Intelligence Bureau (GIB), National Security Service,\u201d the presidency statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe swearing-in ceremony was administered by Chief Justice Chan Reech Madut in the Office of the President,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>Those in attendance were Kiir\u2019s security advisor Tut Gatluak Manimeh, presidential minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin, South Sudan\u2019s external security intelligence chief, Gen. 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