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Francis Deng
Francis Mading Deng (born 1938) is a South Sudanese politician and diplomat. He played an important role in advancing a Responsibility to Protect (R2P) when he was the UN's Special Representative on Internally Displaced Persons (1992–2004).
Educated as a lawyer, Deng was posted as Ambassador of Sudan to the United States, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden over the period 1972 to 1976. From 1976 to 1980, he was Sudan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. After leaving Sudan's diplomatic service, he held several academic positions before becoming the United Nations' first Special Representative on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons in 1992.
He was newly independent South Sudan's first ambassador to the United Nations from 2012 to July 2016
Francis Mading Deng was born near Abyei, Sudan in 1938. His father was Deng Majok, paramount chief of the Ngok Dinka, the largest tribe in Sudan. Francis was the eldest son of Deng Majok's fourth wife.
Deng studied law at University of Khartoum (Bachelor of Laws) and Master of Laws (LL.M.). He earned a Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D.) from Yale University in 1967. He also took graduate courses at King's College London.
Under Sudanese presidents Ismail al-Azhari and Gaafar Nimeiry, Deng served as Human Rights Officer at the United Nations Secretariat (from 1967 to 1972). He went on leave in 1972, spending time as a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University and a lecturer in law al Columbia University.
In 1972, he joined the Sudan diplomatic service, where he was posted as Ambassador of Sudan to the United States, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.
He was Sudan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from 1976 to 1980. After leaving his country's service, he was appointed as the first Rockefeller Brothers Fund Distinguished Fellow. He held several academic positions, mainly in the United States.
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Francis Deng
Francis Mading Deng (born 1938) is a South Sudanese politician and diplomat. He played an important role in advancing a Responsibility to Protect (R2P) when he was the UN's Special Representative on Internally Displaced Persons (1992–2004).
Educated as a lawyer, Deng was posted as Ambassador of Sudan to the United States, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden over the period 1972 to 1976. From 1976 to 1980, he was Sudan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. After leaving Sudan's diplomatic service, he held several academic positions before becoming the United Nations' first Special Representative on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons in 1992.
He was newly independent South Sudan's first ambassador to the United Nations from 2012 to July 2016
Francis Mading Deng was born near Abyei, Sudan in 1938. His father was Deng Majok, paramount chief of the Ngok Dinka, the largest tribe in Sudan. Francis was the eldest son of Deng Majok's fourth wife.
Deng studied law at University of Khartoum (Bachelor of Laws) and Master of Laws (LL.M.). He earned a Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D.) from Yale University in 1967. He also took graduate courses at King's College London.
Under Sudanese presidents Ismail al-Azhari and Gaafar Nimeiry, Deng served as Human Rights Officer at the United Nations Secretariat (from 1967 to 1972). He went on leave in 1972, spending time as a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University and a lecturer in law al Columbia University.
In 1972, he joined the Sudan diplomatic service, where he was posted as Ambassador of Sudan to the United States, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.
He was Sudan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from 1976 to 1980. After leaving his country's service, he was appointed as the first Rockefeller Brothers Fund Distinguished Fellow. He held several academic positions, mainly in the United States.
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