Arop Yor Ayik
Arop Yor Ayik was a South Sudanese academic and politician.
Early life
He was born in Palo, Doleib Hill, Upper Nile State, South Sudan. He attended primary school at the American Mission at Doleib Hill and was baptized in 1948. From 1949 to 1952, he attended Atar Intermediate School and from 1953 to 1958 attended Rumbek Government Secondary School in Southern Sudan..He subsequently attended the University of Khartoum in Sudan from 1958 to 1962, studying English, special Arabic, Economics, History, and Philosophy and graduating with B.A. in special Arabic and Philosophy.
In 1986, he was awarded M.A. in TAFL from the American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Career
Administrative and academic positions
- Tutor in Arabic Department, Faculty of Arts, University of Khartoum
- Assistant Warden of Students, University of Khartoum and
- Academic Registrar, University of Khartoum
- Dean of Students, University of Juba
- Center Coordinator, School of Extra-Mural Studies, University of Khartoum
Political positions
- Minister of Works, Sudan Central Government
- M.P. and Deputy Speaker of National Parliament in Khartoum
- Minister of Education, Southern Council
- Chairman of National committee for the education of Southern Pupils and Students
Positions in Southern Sudan
- Director of Education
- Director of Information
- Commissioner for Census
Other assignments
- Chairman of the Shilluk Oversight Committee
- Member of the Arabic Academy of the Sudan
- Ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church in the Sudan